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President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2019 will include massive cuts to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The budget cuts will decrease the funding for the initiative from $298 million to only $30 million. According to the Great Lakes Restoration website, the initiative was launched in 2010 “to accelerate efforts to protect and restore the largest system of fresh surface ... Read More »

Illinois regulators ended a four-year feud as they signed the first fracking permit to Woolsey Operating Company on Aug. 31, 2017. The argument between environmentalists and the oil drilling industry has been a long one and the decision came as a shock because the regulations put in to practice years before. Located in White County, the company plans to move ... Read More »