Lion Electric lays off 300 people as revenues drop amid lag in bus subsidies
Officials said they were indefinitely delaying truck production in Joliet, partly over uncertainty around the future of subsidies after the U.S. presidential election.
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Lion Electric’s Joliet plant operating significantly below capacity as US and Canadian subsidies lag
As Illinois Democrats welcome their party’s national convention next month, one of their crown jewels for environmental activism — an electric school bus factory — is fighting for its life.
Minooka pushes back on massive rail project it says will flood village with truck traffic
The Village of Minooka seeks a court order to limit 18-wheelers. Meanwhile, Canadian National says it is working with community partners 'to ensure we meet our commitment to be a...
After repeated blasts of smoke last summer and one of the driest winters on record, Chicago enters the 2024 wildfire season with trepidation
Across the United States, wildfire smoke has been rising for decades as a percentage of the PM2.5 pollution that plagues industrial cities like Chicago.
Neighborhoods near congested I-55 freight corridors count truck traffic, push for changes
In the Joliet area, warehouses have mushroomed far beyond initial plans, and railroads are in the process of nearly doubling their intermodal capacity, mayor says.
Belt Junction is a notorious bottleneck. Fixing it could increase rail capacity, but benefits to South Side residents could be mixed.
Project aims to boost economy and ease congestion as city grapples with protecting environmental justice neighborhoods near heavy truck and rail traffic.
On unexpected findings in Chicago’s cumulative report on pollution, activists and officials caution this is just the first step
Straight out of the starting blocks, Chicago is learning how hard it will be to write an ordinance to reduce a broad array of pollutants built up over many years...
Midwest pollution spiked dramatically this summer because of Canadian wildfires. Now officials may erase those days from the books.
Jessica Beverly made her two boys stay inside when Canadian wildfire smoke blanketed her Woodstock home in June. But she had work to do. "I was busy in the garden...
The Port of Chicago is not just a scar on the city’s shoreline and a threat to the environment. It’s a drag on economic growth.
For 15 years, Chicago has tried and failed to win a federal grant to rebuild the principal dock at its main Lake Michigan port. During this time, the 113-year-old dock...
Lion Electric’s new school bus factory in Joliet aims to rewrite the rules for manufacturing in Illinois
The most confounding thing about a Lion Electric school bus is that it's so simple. Workers start with a few steel beams, a couple of dozen fiberglass panels around a...