Chicago
As Trump’s EPA delays enforcement on air pollution violations in Chicago’s Southeast Side, community and environmental groups have penned a letter urging Mayor Rahm Emanuel to step in to protect residen
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held confirmation hearings yesterday for Michael Dourson to head the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) concluded a controversial energy efficiency case today by allowing Ameren Illinois to lower its energy efficiency targets required under the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA).
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources today approved its first permit under the state’s high volume fracking law. Experts at the NRDC had criticized the controversial permit application submitted by Woolsey Energy as lacking in key pieces of information.
Southeast Side community leaders met yesterday with City of Chicago officials and Alderwoman Sue Garza to discuss the City’s role in protecting residents from toxic manganese near neighborhoods and schools.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has partnered with Chicago-based art collaborative Luftwerk to bring White Wanderer, a free public art installation that allows visitors to experience the sounds, scale and scope of climate change.
CHICAGO – Reports of an Asian carp caught today in the Chicago Area Waterways beyond the electric barrier—the last line of defense to prevent the invasive fishes from gaining access to Lake Michigan—illustrate the dangers of continued inaction, according to experts at the Natural Resources Defens
The Future Energy Jobs Act will bring significant public health benefits for people living in Illinois and across the region by reducing dangerous air pollution from power plants, according to a new report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Respiratory Health Associa