
Sensibly solve issues with surface snow, ice
By Scott Kuykendall As we move deeper into winter, snow is not the only thing that falls onto our paved surfaces. Vast amounts of road salt and other de-icing chemicals […]
Home 〉 Green Scene
By Scott Kuykendall As we move deeper into winter, snow is not the only thing that falls onto our paved surfaces. Vast amounts of road salt and other de-icing chemicals […]
Overwintering monarch butterfly populations have been steadily declining for years, with a 90 percent decrease in eastern populations and a 99 percent decrease in western populations in recent years. Thankfully, […]
By Destiny Seaton With the recent passage of The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, many of us are wondering how we can utilize the new laws to make our homes […]
By Bethany Bellavia While plastic is a common and readily available material used in a variety of industries and products, it has an overall negative impact on the environment and […]
First, I hope this Green Scene column finds this readership well and well-adjusted to this stay-at-home reality. While my office is in the Woodstock Square Mall, I, like many others, […]
By Cynthia Kanner, executive director of the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County Fifty years ago, a group of concerned people started an organization called Defenders of The Fox River. The […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.