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
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?
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?
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
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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On sustainability and politics
A Q & A about the green economy and politics with alderman Manny Flores.
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Green schemes
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?
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
Congress passes a major law to protect the Great Lakes–but does it have a leak?