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Posted inChicago, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Region

South Shore residents are fed up with garbage on their streets

by WBEZ August 12, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAdvocacy, Chicago, Climate Change, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Chicago teachers demand climate solutions in their next contract

by Grist August 9, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Chicago, Featured, Gary Wilson, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Illinois, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Chicago groups spotlight the city’s water “abundance,” focus on innovation, collaboration as key to its future

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now May 15, 2024
Posted inChicago, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

In Chicago, one neighborhood is fighting gentrification and climate change at the same time

by Grist April 11, 2024
Posted inAsian Carp, Featured, Illinois, Invasive Species, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Illinois and Army Corps at an impasse over building barrier to prevent invasive carp

by WBEZ March 25, 2024
Posted inIllinois, Latest News, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts

Illinois lawmakers seek to protect state wetlands

by WBEZ March 6, 2024
Posted inChicago, Equity and Environmental Justice, Feature-Chicago, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region

Faced with COVID-era civil rights complaints, Chicago commits to environmental justice

by Great Lakes Echo February 14, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Authors, Chicago, Featured, Gary Wilson, GLNC, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Guest Article, Illinois, Latest News, News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Who We Are and What We Do

Study calls for EPA to include human well-being in Great Lakes restoration program

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now February 6, 2024
Posted inCleveland, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Illinois, Latest News, Michigan, News, Ohio, Region, Science, Technology, Research

Points North: Doe, A Deer, A (Sterilized) Female Deer

by Interlochen Public Radio February 2, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inChicago, Feature-Chicago, Featured, Illinois, Latest News, News, Region

Chicago could be first major Midwestern city to ban gas in new construction

by Grist January 31, 2024

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    The state’s top transportation authority has been running afoul of Illinois’s wildlife regulators according to internal documents obtained by WBEZ and Grist.

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