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In Cicero, a working-class neighborhood on Chicago's west side, devastating floods in July 2023 hit an area where residents already deal with environmental issues. Nearly nine inches of dirty water ...

Hazel Johnson was jolted by deaths of those she knew and loved throughout her life. Her mom died of tuberculosis when she was 12, her little brother died before his 2nd birthday, and her baby sister ...

The administration recently revoked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate those emissions. The Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center filed a lawsuit Wednesday.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson scored a procedural win for his environmental agenda this week, moving a long-stalled zoning measure out of legislative purgatory. But the fight over the Hazel Johnson Cumulative ...

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The Chicago Trump International Hotel and Tower has agreed to pay a $4.8 million settlement for environmental violations to the Clean Water Act, environmental groups said. Friends of the Chicago River ...

Facing Its Third Data Center, an Iowa County Rolls Out Extensive Zoning Rules A Global Chemical Giant Racks Up Violations in Durham, N.C., Where Drinking Water for a Million Is Threatened New Lawsuit ...

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City officials are scrambling to install nearly 300 high-quality air pollution sensors across Chicago, a network that would be the largest in the U.S. and one of the biggest worldwide. The plan is to ...

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