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More power lines could move underground as part of an effort included in the infrastructure bill to update the nation’s energy system, but rural energy...
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Nuclear giant Exelon will spare its power plant in Byron from slated closure Monday after the Illinois Senate passed massive energy and climate legislation that includes nearly $700 million in ratepayer subsidies to keep three of Exelon’s unprofitable nukes afloat.
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Ameren Illinois held a demonstration in Galesburg to show how it's starting to use drones to resolve power outages more quickly.The devices can be flown…
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Ameren Illinois’ new operating plant in Macomb will serve as a model for the energy provider’s future facilities.The $9-million facility is the first of…
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Bob Sandidge has been in the coal industry for 40 years. But he's never seen it this bad. "You turn around and one company lays off people, and another…
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To make or not to make a homemade pie? That is a classic holiday dilemma. Do you take the easy way out and buy a fairly decent frozen pie, or do you risk…
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By some estimates, producing our food consumes about a fifth of the nation's energy supply. It takes a lot of diesel to move tractors and semis around the…
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Every day, a facility on the outskirts of Grand Junction, Colorado takes in 8 million gallons of what people have flushed down their toilets and washed…
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There are few places where the connection between energy and food is more obvious than at the Bright Agrotech warehouse.Most of the building in Laramie,…
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An Illinois appeals court has upheld the state's rules for the high-volume oil and gas drilling technique known as fracking.The appellate court sided with…