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Project Infinite Green Students to Appear on Fox News

Seventh-and eighth-grade students from the Lemont-based science program will be featured on Fox Chicago News at 9:20 a.m. Monday.

Students from the Lemont-based science program Project Infinite Green will be featured Monday morning on Fox Chicago News.

The program's seventh-and eighth-grade students will appear at 9:20 a.m. to discuss their recent presentation of sustainable energy plans to members of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus in Washington D.C.

The students’ presentations focused on hydroelectric, nuclear, and solar energy use. Plans included oscillating water columns designed to harness wave power in states bordered by oceans, solar islands to assist solar generation in states that cannot use traditional solar farms, and a mobile application designed to increase nuclear awareness.

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The students were accompanied by teachers, parents, and mentors, including representatives from Argonne National Laboratory, CITGO, and Exelon. 

Project Infinite Green was launched in October 2011 as a joint effort by community residents and teachers, government officials and corporate partners, to offer students in Lemont the opportunity to learn about the science and business of both non-renewable and renewable energy sources.

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Industry experts from government and private sector entities—including the U.S. Department of Energy, Navigant, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, Exelon Nuclear, the Clean Energy Trust, Edison Mission Energy, and Argonne National Laboratory—have participated as mentors.

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