- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 29, 2012
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Our segregation footprint
Daily personal choices can help move us toward integration
- Arts & Culture, Dance Critic's Choice, Oct 24, 2012
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Dancing around the issue
Carrie Hanson looks at how we look at climate change in Exit Disclaimer: Science and Fiction Ahead
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 14, 2012
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The presidency: take this job and love it
If Obama's so smart, why does he want four more years?
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 22, 2011
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Mayor Daley Continues Effort to Convince Us the City Hasn't Gone Into the Toilet
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 1, 2010
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 6, 2009
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Fuel
Fuel, a new documentary about our addiction to oil and some potential solutions, is compelling but misses some critical points about the environmental crisis we face.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 1, 2009
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 15, 2009
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 3, 2009
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 18, 2009
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A solution for the coal plant problem?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 30, 2009
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Green jobs, compliments of the feds
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 29, 2009
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Green for Green
The city and Exelon are moving ahead with plans to create the largest urban solar power plant in the country. How much will it cost us?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 28, 2009
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The latest salvo in the fight to clean up Chicago's air
Watchdog organizations announce plans to sue the owner of Chicago coal-fired power plants for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 21, 2009
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Hot air at City Hall
- Blogs, Bleader, May 27, 2009
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The skinny on cap and trade
Congress is moving slowly, but midwestern leaders have already forged their own plan for a carbon cap-and-trade system. Henry Henderson, one of its architects, explains how the market, and commercial self-interest, can be used to cut back on pollution.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 20, 2009
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The climate changes on climate change
After years of inaction, there's suddenly movement at almost every level of government to deal with climate change.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 24, 2009
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The EPA steps it up--finally
There are increasing signs that the federal government may actually take on greenhouse gas emissions.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 3, 2009
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Morning news roundup
The news you might've missed: while James Meeks floated another school funding proposal, former city clerk James Laski weighed in on the president's reform credentials.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 27, 2009
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The Illinois Emissions Battle
President Obama 's first major environmental initiative will probably yield tougher auto emissions standards in Illinois.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 28, 2008
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Code green
Chicago aldermen agree to require greater energy efficiency in the city's building codes. At least that's what they think they did.
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