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All Chicago City Buildings Now Run on Renewable Energy

All Chicago City Buildings Now Run on Renewable Energy

Chicago, Illinois is kicking off the New Year with clean energy. As of Jan. 1, all of Chicago’s 411 municipal buildings, such as its international airports, fire stations, libraries and City Hall, are now powered entirely by renewable energy. The feat has been made possible through a 5-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Constellation signed […]

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    Whose Grid? Our Grid! Chicago’s Campaign to Put Electricity Under Public Control

    Whose Grid? Our Grid! Chicago’s Campaign to Put Electricity Under Public Control

    By Alex Schwartz Among the many vendors at the Logan Square Farmers Market on Aug. 18 sat three young people peddling neither organic vegetables, gourmet cheese nor handmade crafts. Instead, they offered liberation from capitalism. Representatives of the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America (CDSA) engaged marketgoers in discussions about the campaigns they are involved in, […]

    Chicago Commits to 100% Renewable Energy By 2040

    Chicago Commits to 100% Renewable Energy By 2040

    By Andrea Germanos Chicago made history on Wednesday by becoming the largest U.S. city to commit to 100 percent renewable energy before the middle of the century. It is, in the summation of Kyra Woods, Chicago organizer with the Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 Action Campaign, “a monumental achievement.” Chicago Becomes the Largest City in […]

    Illinois Sues Chicago Trump Tower for Breaking Clean Water Laws

    Illinois Sues Chicago Trump Tower for Breaking Clean Water Laws

    It would appear that the Trump Organization’s business practices aren’t any more environmentally friendly than the policies of the current president, who ran it from 1971 to 2017. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Tuesday that she had filed suit against the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago for taking and re-releasing millions of […]

    EPA to Test Southeast Chicago Yards for Dangerous Neurotoxin

    EPA to Test Southeast Chicago Yards for Dangerous Neurotoxin

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would start testing the soil in residential yards in Chicago’s Southeast Side for the dangerous neurotoxin manganese, The Chicago Tribune reported Thursday. The EPA will also explain the soil sampling at a community discussion from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The yards to be tested are located […]

    White Sox Become First MLB Team to Ban Plastic Straws

    White Sox Become First MLB Team to Ban Plastic Straws

    The Chicago White Sox are the first team in Major League Baseball to ban plastic straws. Drinks served during games at Guaranteed Rate Field no longer come with the single-use plastic, which pollutes our oceans, lakes and rivers and can cause harm to aquatic creatures. Biodegradable straws are provided upon request. The program kicked off […]

    I Am Proud to Be a Chicagoan

    I Am Proud to Be a Chicagoan

    By Henry Henderson In this moment where the Trump administration seems adamant about abdicating their responsibilities to protect the nation and the world against the ravages of climate change, state and local action has become all the more essential. And in this moment, I am proud to be a Chicagoan. The city has been a […]

    Chicago Mayor Recoups Climate Change Data Deleted From EPA Website

    Chicago Mayor Recoups Climate Change Data Deleted From EPA Website

    Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has his own ideas about the Trump administration taking down important climate data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website. This weekend, Emanuel posted the scrubbed data on the City of Chicago’s official website to preserve the “decades of research [the agency] has done to advance the fight against climate change.” […]