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ChicagoClimate ChangeFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsChicago was supposed to warn residents about toxic lead pipes last year. Most still have no idea.
-Eight months past a federal deadline, more than 90 percent of at-risk Chicagoans haven’t been told their drinking water could be unsafe.
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ChicagoDrinking WaterFeature HomepageFeature LeadFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsLeadNewsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsChicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades.
-The city with the most lead service lines in the country doesn’t plan to finish replacing them until 2076.
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AuthorsChicagoDetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoGary WilsonIllinoisInfrastructureLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsSinking cities: Great Lakes cities not immune from under-recognized threat
-New research says Chicago and Detroit are at risk of sinking from things like groundwater extraction. Researcher says officials need to be more proactive.
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AdvocacyChicagoClimate ChangeCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, Research‘Everyone deserves clean air,’ says a Chicago EPA worker who fears her job will end
-Ellie Hagen is a scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency. She worries proposed cuts at EPA will put people’s health at risk.
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BuffaloChicagoEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageFeature MilwaukeeFeature-ChicagoHistory and CultureIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganMilwaukeeNew YorkNewsOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSean EricsonTorontoTourismU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWisconsinWhat would the Great Lakes region be like with bullet trains?
-Exploring how high speed rail could transform the Great Lakes region.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeCollaborationFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe StatesIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker set ambitious climate goals for the state. It’s far from meeting them.
-From electric vehicles to renewable energy, Illinois is lagging — and it faces even more challenges.
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Asian CarpChicagoFeature-ChicagoIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsCarp Catch-22: Could improvements in Chicago waterways invite unwelcome guests?
-New research suggests pollution from Chicago-area waterways might be creating an invisible barrier, deterring migration. But for how long?
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AuthorsChicagoFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchHow do fish survive in large urban waterways, like the Chicago River?
-The Chicago River’s hardened shorelines, stormwater pollution events and limited habitat would seem inhospitable to fish. Yet, native species are finding ways to call the city home.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchChicago’s beach season is over … or is it? Lake Michigan temps are breaking records.
-Lake Michigan’s surface temperature has been above average nearly every day this year so far. All five Great Lakes are heating up.
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ChicagoClimate ChangeFeature HomepageFeature-ChicagoIllinoisLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchChicago reveals climate havens don’t exist — they must be created
-Extreme heat and precipitation events are becoming more frequent and intense in Chicago. It’s the city’s preparation efforts that will determine climate resiliency.
