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Vickie Simmons, a member of the Tribal Council of the Moapa Band of Paiute in southern Nevada, calls on the EPA to reform its coal ash disposal rules at a rally in Chicago on June 28, 2023. Credit: Aydali Campa

Advocates from Across the Country Rally in Chicago for Coal Ash Rule Reform

By Aydali Campa

Naomi Davis, an advocate with BlackChicago Water Council, a program of Blacks in Green, sits in the Green Living Room, the Headquarters for Blacks in Green located in the Woodlawn neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Credit: Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

On Chicago’s South Side, Naomi Davis Planted the Seeds of Green Solutions to Help Black Communities

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times and Aydali Campa, Inside Climate News

An EV charger stands in the parking lot of St. Paul and the Redeemer Church on Oct. 19, 2021 in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Credit: Taylor Glascock for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Illinois Advances Access to Chargers to Meet EV Goals 

By Aydali Campa

Esmeralda Hernández, de 46 años, posa cerca de su casa en La Villita. Se opone a un plan para ampliar la autopista Stevenson cerca de su casa.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Vecinos de La Villita temen que empeore la contaminación ambiental por los planes de ampliación de la autopista I-55

By Aydali Campa, Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Esmeralda Hernandez, 46, poses for a portrait near her home in Little Village. She is alarmed by a plan to expand lanes of an expressway near her community on the Southwest Side of Chicago. Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Plans for I-55 Expansion in Chicago Raise Concerns Over Air Quality and Community Health

By Aydali Campa, Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Activists protest and rally against a General Iron plant being relocated to the Southeast Side of Chicago, near Lori Lightfoot's home in Logan Square, Thursday, March 4, 2021. Credit: Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Chicago, HUD Settle Environmental Racism Case as Lori Lightfoot Leaves Office

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s Little Village Residents Fight for Better City Oversight of Industrial Corridors

By Aydali Campa

As Flooding Increases, Chicago Looks To Make Basement Housing Safer

By Siri Chilukuri, Borderless Magazine

Tractor-trailers move along an interstate frontage road January 13, 2004 in Hampshire, Illinois. Credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images

Chicago-Area Organizations Call on Pritzker to Slash Emissions From Diesel Trucks

By Aydali Campa

Dan Hurowitz harvests produce at City Farm on Sept. 30, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

A New Push Is on in Chicago to Connect Urban Farmers With Institutional Buyers Like Schools and Hospitals

By Aydali Campa

Motorists navigate surface streets during a heavy rainfall on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Chicago Institutions Just Got $25 Million to Study Local Effects of Climate Change. Here’s How They Plan to Use It

By Aydali Campa

NRG Energy's coal-fired Will County Electric Generating Station sits along the I&M Canal on May 15, 2019 in Romeoville, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

‘Last Gasp for Coal’ Saw Illinois Plants Crank up Emission-Spewing Production Last Year

By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino

Opponents of a metal-shredding operation have fought Mayor Lori Lightfoot since she took office almost three years ago. In this 2020 photo, demonstrators lined up near the mayor’s home. Credit: Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Mayor Slow to Act on Promises to Build Green Economy by Repurposing Polluted Industrial Sites

By Brett Chase

A bicyclist with a protective mask waits at an intersection along Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, on Friday, July 24, 2020. Credit: Olivia Obineme/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Q&A: A Sustainable Transportation Advocate Explains Why Bikes and Buses, Not Cars, Should Be the Norm

By Delger Erdenesanaa

Pete Southerton (left) and Tom Bradshaw, of solar energy contractor Certasun, install solar panels on a Chicago home on May 17, 2021. Credit: Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times

How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law

By Dan Gearino, Brett Chase

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