Urban farming and better care of vacant lots could reduce crime and improve life in poorer areas
Tag: environment
Posted inFood & Drink
Vegetarian questions and answers
Eleven vegetarian questions answered by 17 Chicagoans
Posted inNews & Politics
It Isn’t Easy Voting Green
Pro-environment talk is cheap. Which mayoral candidates will back it up?
Posted inMusic
Green Music Fest
West Town’s ambitious music festival returns with a lineup that includes Cloud Cult, David Bazan, the Wailers, Fang Island, and Maps & Atlases.
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Most Telling Headline of the Day (If Not Year)
Hooters offers to help out with the oil spill.
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4/15 — Free Coffee at Starbucks
On Thu 4/15, Starbucks is offering free brewed coffee to anyone who brings in a reusable travel mug.
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Our garbage keeps piling up
A new report confirms that Chicago has a mounting environmental and economic problem: its garbage.
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We’re Ready to Talk When You Are, Mr. Mayor
The Reader requests an interview with Mayor Daley—110 days ago and counting.
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The guardians of our wastewater
Believe it or not, some of the more interesting and important offices up for grabs tomorrow are the seats on the board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
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What’s it really mean to be green?
Everybody seems to love the rooftop garden at City Hall, and Mayor Daley is proud that Chicago leads the country in LEED-certified buildings. But as a new book argues, those are hardly the sorts of things that make a city green.
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Climate change legislation: if the big-money guys want it, it’s probably going to happen
Yesterday JPMorgan Chase moved to increase its presence in the carbon trading and carbon offsets business, another sign that Congress is sure to pass some kind of climate change legislation.
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The Green Mayor’s Green Policy Maker Leaves for Vancouver
Sadhu Johnston takes job as Canadian deputy city manager; mayor hasn’t decided whether to pick a new chief environmental officer.
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Exelon lobbies for green jobs money
Exelon Corporation isn’t just hoping to get the federal government’s money and help for projects like the innovative solar power facility it wants to build on Chicago’s south side. It’s also been spending lots of money to lobby for them.
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A solution for the coal plant problem?
A couple of weeks ago local environmental groups announced their intent to sue the owners of six heavy-polluting coal-fired power plants in Illinois for polluting more than what they’re allowed under federal law. If, as they hope, they can pressure the federal government to take action, they may want to turn to Shadyside, Ohio, for […]