As city leaders try to reduce carbon emissions and conserve water amid a 20-year drought, a proposed tax break for a new, water-intensive data center is drawing scrutiny.

Rock Island is eliminating the gas tax and replacing it with a utility fee that it said will bring in $1.5 million more each year to fund street repairs.

The City of Rock Island is eliminating its local gas tax while implementing a new street improvement utility fee. City ...

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PFAS chemicals are called "forever chemicals" because they are not easily broken down. Potential health risks include cancer, ...

In a viral video, a plumber horrified TikTokers after showing what was hiding inside a split-open water heater.

About 13,000 customers in Northern California woke up without electricity Friday after Pacific Gas and Electric shut off ...

Donald Trump is vowing to cut energy costs and gas appliances by 50% if he's reelected to a second term, in a Friday sit-down ...

The state's fledgling carbon market has brought in billions of dollars. Lawmakers have sprinkled that money all over the ...

The science about climate change’s role in hurricanes is still considered unsettled, experts told PolitiFact, but more recent ...

I’m a nuclear engineer who studies materials that scientists could use in fusion reactors. Fusion takes place at incredibly high temperatures. So to one day make fusion a feasible energy source, ...

For homeowners looking to modernize and weatherize their residences, there are several paths to major savings.