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BuffaloChicagoEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageFeature MilwaukeeFeature-ChicagoHistory and CultureIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganMilwaukeeNew YorkNewsOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSean EricsonTorontoTourismU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinWhat would the Great Lakes region be like with bullet trains?
-Exploring how high speed rail could transform the Great Lakes region.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeCollaborationFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker set ambitious climate goals for the state. It’s far from meeting them.
-From electric vehicles to renewable energy, Illinois is lagging — and it faces even more challenges.
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Asian CarpChicagoFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCarp Catch-22: Could improvements in Chicago waterways invite unwelcome guests?
-New research suggests pollution from Chicago-area waterways might be creating an invisible barrier, deterring migration. But for how long?
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AuthorsChicagoFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisKathy JohnsonLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchHow do fish survive in large urban waterways, like the Chicago River?
-The Chicago River’s hardened shorelines, stormwater pollution events and limited habitat would seem inhospitable to fish. Yet, native species are finding ways to call the city home.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchChicago’s beach season is over … or is it? Lake Michigan temps are breaking records.
-Lake Michigan’s surface temperature has been above average nearly every day this year so far. All five Great Lakes are heating up.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchChicago reveals climate havens don’t exist — they must be created
-Extreme heat and precipitation events are becoming more frequent and intense in Chicago. It’s the city’s preparation efforts that will determine climate resiliency.
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South Shore residents are fed up with garbage on their streets
-The community has more reports of sanitation code violations than any South Side neighborhood.
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AdvocacyChicagoClimate ChangeEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchChicago teachers demand climate solutions in their next contract
-“That contract means nothing if our Earth is on fire.”
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ChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeIn Chicago, one neighborhood is fighting gentrification and climate change at the same time
-The secret to success? Build affordable housing next to transit.
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ChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeFaced with COVID-era civil rights complaints, Chicago commits to environmental justice
-Chicago is joining a nationwide trend of large cities incorporating equity or justice goals into preparing for climate change’s impact on public health.
