The U.S. hopes to build more pipelines for carbon capture. Landowners don’t want them

The U.S. hopes to build more pipelines for carbon capture. Landowners don’t want them

Thousands of miles of oil and natural gas pipelines already crisscross the country. Now, many more are being proposed to carry things like hydrogen and carbon dioxide as ways to combat climate change. The pipeline runs right through Kenny Davis’ modest Scott County, Illinois, farm, where he had planned to build a home for him…

Accidents, injuries and a death at ADM Decatur raise concerns for workers’ safety

Accidents, injuries and a death at ADM Decatur raise concerns for workers’ safety

Just months before he was planning to retire, 66-year-old Robert Dautel was killed in an accident at the railyard just off of the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) West plant in Decatur, Illinois. On April 11, 2023, Dautel was in a locomotive operated remotely by a trainee. The locomotive struck a line of 25 stationary rail cars, crushing…

217 Today: Northern Illinois juvenile detention centers non-compliant in education and discipline

217 Today: Northern Illinois juvenile detention centers non-compliant in education and discipline

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Today’s headlines:  After taking a two-week break, Illinois lawmakers are back in Springfield Tuesday – with some unfinished business to attend to. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate approved a new master’s degree Monday in game development. The Fighting Illini women’s basketball team lost in overtime Monday night against the Purdue Boilermakers, 77…