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The southeast side of Chicago has a long history of manufacturing, which has left behind a legacy of pollution. Grassroots efforts in the community have…
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The wind off Lake Michigan is legendary. It most famously contributes to the “Windy City” image of Chicago, provided a name for an ill-fated 1975 football…
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State of the State: To Get the Most Out of the Green Jobs Market, Politicans Need Do More Than SpendAs Illinois and the nation struggle to recover after the recent recession, leaders are looking to the “green” industry — not only for environmental…
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I generally try to follow this well-known admonition of my era: Think globally, act locally.However, I also must agree with another famous slogan — more…
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Fairy tales aside, ugly ducklings don’t become beautiful swans — biology just won’t have it. Likewise, transforming a sewage canal into a lush and lazy…
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State ?Sen. Mattie Hunter says she used to leave her home in Chicago feeling perfectly fine. But as soon as she walked off the elevator on the way to her…
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As ?you’re probably aware, this is our annual environmental issue. It isn’t that we neglect environmental coverage the rest of the year; it’s that the…
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During ?the closing hours of their spring session, legislators debated whether the state should change its rules so a Nebraska-based energy company could…
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A mere generation ago, Chicago was known as a colorful but smoggy, water-polluting metropolis. Now, Nelson Algren's gritty "City on the Make" is home to…
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Nature is a foreign country to those raised in the city. And just as advanced cultures have always sought out foreign countries — especially primitive…