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Tag: Calumet River
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Dangerous levels of heavy metals found at homes near industrial storage facility
Samples in four homes showed manganese concentrations beyond the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for Superfund sites.
Posted inArts & Culture
Rahm’s Riverwalk is still a work in progress
Dining, drinks, and music return to the riverfront—but the big news is improvements to the water.
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A bus tour stops by polluted Altgeld Gardens
For more than 30 years, residents of the south-side housing project—called the “toxic doughnut”—have been fighting for environmental justice.
Posted inNews & Politics
Toxic Tour of Northwest Indiana
Photography by Lloyd DeGrane. Text by Kari Lydersen.
Posted inNews & Politics
Clout on the Calumet River
Marina owner Mike Olsen has reason to fear the city will force him out of business to the benefit of his competition.
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What comes first, the green or the jobs?
Alderman John Pope, who works on the southeast side, the heart of old industrial Chicago, says he’s interested in attracting green jobs. But not-quite-green jobs sound pretty good too.
Posted inArts & Culture
Chi Lives: little shop of oysters
Calumet Fisheries, take-out shack at the foot of the 95th Street bridge