Household waste increases by more than 25% from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, according to the Clean Air Partnership.

An Illinois bill proposes a wind farm that would be larger than Icebreaker and could benefit from strong state support for clean energy.

A study published in the medical journal The Lancet in 2021 found that almost half of Americans surveyed between the ages of 16 and 25 were very worried or extremely worried about climate change and thought humanity was doomed because of it.

A year ago, voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum to raise their own property taxes, yielding more than $40 million in additional funding each year to forest preserve coffers.

The city planted about 500 trees in Brighton Park, 200 in Archer Heights and 90 in Gage Park this year — three of its 22 priority spots.

The concrete is being displayed as part of the fifth Chicago Architecture Biennial through the end of February.

Undecorated trees can be dropped off at eight Lake County Forest Preserves locations. The recycled evergreens get chopped into mulch for use around the county preserves.

To optimize the field conditions at Soldier Field for the Chicago Bears, ultraviolet lights have been part of the regular treatment plan to lengthen the growing season.