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Home » green economy

Tag: green economy

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Exelon lobbies for green jobs money

by Mick Dumke August 24, 2009August 19, 2021

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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Black Ops in the Green Economy

by Mick Dumke July 10, 2009August 19, 2021

The city is set to move forward with an exciting solar power project on the south side. So why won’t it share information about it?

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From brownfield to green?

by Mick Dumke April 29, 2009August 19, 2021

Ambitious plans are afoot to recycle 600 acres of land at the former U.S. Steel mill site along the south lakefront. Here’s a photo tour of what it looks like now.

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What comes first, the green or the jobs?

by Mick Dumke April 7, 2009August 19, 2021

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.

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What’s going down

by Mick Dumke January 21, 2009August 19, 2021

What’s going down: Obama talks about the environment, Patrick O’Connor’s chances get slim in the Fifth Congressional District, and Republicans are discovered in Chicago.

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What’s going down

by Mick Dumke January 15, 2009August 19, 2021

Another slow day in the news.

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On sustainability and politics

by Mick Dumke December 23, 2008August 19, 2021

A Q & A about the green economy and politics with alderman Manny Flores.

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Green schemes

by Mick Dumke October 16, 2008August 19, 2021

Business groups around the Great Lakes region collaborate on a plan to spur a new green economy.

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What does “green” mean?

by Mick Dumke October 14, 2008August 19, 2021

Aldermen want to bring more green businesses to Chicago. Now someone needs to figure out what “green” means.

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A law for the lakes

by Mick Dumke September 23, 2008August 19, 2021

Congress passes a major law to protect the Great Lakes–but does it have a leak?

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