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The 2018 Farm Bill’s expiration on Monday means the immediate end of some programs, while other critical services will receive a temporary expansion through December.

Soil and water conservation districts aren't high-profile agencies, but they fill an important niche in supporting Illinois agriculture. Major funding cuts in the new state budget may noticeably hamper those efforts.

A $950 thousand dollar grant will be used by Bradley University to develop new solutions to solar energy storage concerns.

The Greater Peoria Sanitary District is exploring a way to make waste into a renewable source of energy and revenue.

Illinois lawmakers are looking at potential next steps to expand carbon capture, utilization and storage in the state, and ease concerns raised about the process.

Whether it's through donation, recycling or upcycling, business owners in Peoria and beyond want to stop people from throwing out their old clothes.

Theoretically, the warmer zone means plants that traditionally thrive in areas further south could have a better fighting chance in central Illinois. But it's not quite that simple in reality.

Ten years after an EF-4 tornado left a 46 mile long path of destruction through Tazewell and Woodford counties, former state climatologist Jim Angel says changing weather patterns could mean more winter tornadoes in Illinois.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan said the proposed standards would eliminate 7.3 billion tons of CO2, equivalent to four years worth of the entire U.S. transportation sector while saving lives through reduced air pollution.

A Bradley University professor is teaming up with a pair of filmmakers to showcase the beauty of the Midwest through a planned PBS multi-part documentary series.