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Navigator Heartland Greenway LLC is trying to gaslight us into believing that CO2 pipelines are always safe.
Cualquier persona interesada en escuchar planes puede asistir a la reunión en el Instituto Arturo Velasquez, 2800 S. Western Ave. a las 6 p.m. Se espera que la reunión incluya una transmisión en vivo y habrá traducción disponible, según la Municipalidad.
The fire took the island by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets and smoking piles of rubble where historic buildings had stood in Lahaina Town.
The new owner of the more than century-old grain silos wants to tear them down and redevelop the Southwest Side riverfront land.
The move will help preserve about 1,562 square miles just to the north and south of Grand Canyon National Park. It is President Joe Biden’s fifth monument designation.
“Siendo una demolición ambientalmente compleja, no se aprobarán permisos de demolición hasta que se lleve a cabo una reunión comunitaria”, dijo el departamento de salud pública en un comunicado.
If recent events in Flint, Michigan and Jackson, Mississippi have shown us anything, it’s that lack of access to clean water — something that has long been an issue in south suburban communities — has ruinous effects on a community’s health and vibrancy.
From Illinois to North Dakota, unlikely allies have joined to fight against several multi-state carbon dioxide pipelines proposed by huge agribusiness and fossil fuel companies.
Michael Tadin Jr. and his family bought the silos from the state for $6.5 million in December.
Speakers at a public meeting at UIC tell Peoples Gas executives that the cost of living is already high and a rate hike would add to households’ financial pressure.
A jet from off Dayton, Ohio, made low-level passes over Chicago, the south suburbs and Northwest Indiana before heading back to Ohio, according to FlightAware.
Some scientists worry that a shutdown of an important system of oceanic currents called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could push Chicago’s precipitation farther south.
Dual threat puts the most vulnerable at risk on what’s expected to be the hottest day of the year. Temperatures, humidity should lower over the weekend.
A geologic formation called the Illinois Basin has attracted the attention of companies that would like to capture carbon dioxide generated from burning fossils fuels and transport it to Illinois for storage.
Owner that bought General Iron says city should be forced to issue an operating permit.
Participants ages 13-24 joined small table discussions on topics including affordable housing, environmental justice, public safety and neighborhood development.
The group founded in Altgeld Gardens in 1979 was part of a federal civil rights complaint prompting a city settlement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
In a call with reporters Wednesday, the governor said he is actively pursuing Illinois partnerships with electric vehicle companies and original equipment manufacturers.
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory say they want to help understand perennial flooding as well as climate-related bad air quality and extreme heat.
On the northwest corner of S&C Electric Co.’s 46-acre campus, the garden features 45 plant species and serves as a safe haven for birds, butterflies and bees.
Maui’s emergency services chief resigns after facing criticism for not activating sirens during fire
Herman Andaya, citing unspecified health concerns, steps down a day after saying he has no regrets about not activating warning sirens as a fast-moving wildfire bore down on the seaside community of Lahaina.
A 15-pound male addax was born Aug. 8. Zoo officials say there are only about 100 addax left in the wild.
A plane carrying 24,000 pounds in supplies left O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday. The aircraft will return carrying passengers fleeing Maui.
The cause of the deadly wildfire is under investigation. FEMA opened its first disaster recovery center on Maui, and President Joe Biden will visit Monday to survey the damage.
President Joe Biden promised to reduce U.S. carbon pollution by half by 2030. We won’t reach that without even more ambitious rules than the EPA has proposed.
The bill the governor vetoed would have opened the door to negative environmental impacts and higher costs for consumers while jeopardizing progress toward Illinois’ clean energy future.
Stopping healthy trees from being removed is only a small, common sense step. We need to plant new trees in every available public space and make sure these trees reach maturity to provide environmental and social benefits.
Churches offer prayers for the dead, missing after wildfires on Maui destroyed nearly every building in the town of Lahaina, leaving thousands without shelter.
A dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane ignited the deadliest U.S. wildfire since the 2018 Camp Fire in California, which killed at least 85 people.
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