Loyola University Chicago is ridding its campus of bottled water.School officials say bottled water will no longer be sold anywhere on campus starting in 2013.A referendum was passed by students last week to phase out bottled water sales and reduce the university's environmental footprint.
The Chicago-based Amtrak station is getting an eco-friendly upgrade.State officials have awarded Amtrak with a $300,000 energy efficiency grant to assist the agency in updating its train yard in Chicago.State officials say the grant will reduce Amtrak's natural gas consumption and help the rail comp
Electric car drivers will soon have more stations at Chicago's airports where they can charge the vehicles.The Chicago City Council approved the proposal to expand the number of electric charging stations Thursday.O'Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport each will have six stati
On Monday, in a move that might seem a little out of focus to some, the social networking giant Facebook announced that it was snatching up the popular photo app Instagram for a cool $1 billion in cash and stock.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A suburban Chicago man waited 17 years before robotic surgery allowed him to get a new kidney.Jimmie Jones was diagnosed with hypertensive kidney disease and needed dialysis three times a week.
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