"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - MLK jr #RadioFreeAmerica

This is chemical trespass. "More than 700 Illinois schools are within a quarter-mile of crop fields, yet state law doesn’t require pesticide applicators to notify them before spraying." We have introduced legislation that would change that. www.illinoistimes.com/news/this-is...

January in Illinois was cold, snowy, and dry... thanks to abundant but powdery snowfall. Du Quoin had 19.5" of snow last month, which is 500% of their snowfall normal. Yet, Du Quoin was 2" drier than average last month with only 0.97" of total precipitation. 1/2 go.illinois.edu/scosummary

A call to action for philanthropies by Nwamaka Agbo from the Kataly Foundation. Philanthropies need to follow this even though they’ve been part of the problem from the start, are retreating (again) due to the politics of survival when communities need them the most.

Wells running dry in this drought? Hmm... perhaps there's a downside to carelessly tile draining 10 million acres of Illinois land without giving a second thought to the groundwater consequences.

Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠

Great to see the work we started with community is finally released-the largest public community air monitoring network in the country. Next step is doing something about air quality in Chicago.

Today, as Gaza continues to be stuck in a bloody limbo, we are turning our website over to Gaza and its people in an initiative we are calling “A Day for Gaza.” There will be no pieces published on our website today that do not come directly from Gaza.

Don’t sleep on the importance of wetlands, but they’re in danger, says Bob Piercey, who is the education manager at the Fluvarium in St. John’s. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Unions are working-class power. Period. That’s why Donald Trump moved to cut 300,000 federal jobs and strip collective bargaining from over a million workers. If he can silence the people who keep this country running, then he definitely thinks he can silence everyone else. https://seiu.co/3M9FPRe

Great meeting fearless, independent journalist @abbymartin0.bsky.social at her documentary Earth's Greatest Enemy about world's biggest polluter. Raw, emotionally jarring & eye opening. Required viewing for anyone that cares about health, enviro & #climatechange. Touring now earthsgreatestenemy.com

Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.

Oh, This Would Be Epic! Whoever submitted 'Monty the Piping Plower' to the annual Chicago "You Name A Snowplow" Contest is genius! Fellow Chicagoans, we would be honored if Monty made your list of six votes. Voting is now open through February 14. www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...

Community leaders and residents from South Chicago launched the South Chicago Quality of Life Plan on Saturday as projects like the state’s quantum campus start to take shape in the neighborhood.

"The reality is that ICE are slave catchers…we got to unite. Because we know that unless you're an indigenous person, or you were dragged here in chains, you are an immigrant!" - one of THOUSANDS of ICE protesters at Chicago general strike march ⬇️

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

A Chicago-based group of scientists have once again warned the world is closer than ever to human-made destruction by moving the symbolic “Doomsday Clock” up to 85 seconds to midnight.

Health & Medicine Policy Research Group is searching for its next Executive Director—an experienced public health leader ready to guide a mission-driven organization advancing health equity across Illinois. Search led by Morten Group. Apply here: www.mortengroup.com/...

Every living organism is smarter than we think. Our mistake is overvaluing our own thinking and undervaluing theirs. apple.news/AZ2yDKZiORFe...

Herbicides are killing our oak trees. Good to see the great work of Prairie Rivers Network, they have been documenting this for years. @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, "believe" should be used for subjective opinions, faith-based convictions, or personal trust, rather than scientific contexts...smh.

My neighborhood! Albany Park in Chicago has been a Southwest Asian & Northern African hub for a long time, but good to see Arab cafe's making a comeback. By the way, ignore @wttw.bsky.social outdated and incorrect regional and cultural terms. www.wttw.com/playlist/202...

Guest blogger Liana Smale, who was forced out of her position with the US Forest Service, describes the impact of DOGE and the Trump admin on the federal workforce, including how recent cuts halted vital forest conservation & critical wildfire management work at a time when wildfires are worsening.

Crowd is massive, now overflowing Congress Plaza and taking up a block-long stretch of Michigan Avenue. Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.

Tortuguita was shot 57 times with military-grade assault rifles while sitting cross legged, hands raised. They were the first environmental activist killed by US police in modern history. We won’t stop fighting for them & every other land defender protecting our beautiful planet.

Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich, along with Roman Catholic leaders in Newark and D.C., calls out Trump admin for actions in Venezuela, threats toward Greenland. By @brettchase.bsky.social As always no paywall at Suntimes.com (though it might ask for your email) chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...

NEW VIDEO: Lets finish what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr started - and put the confederacy to bed. youtu.be/WgNv-DILroI?...

When a wildlife agency starts asking which refuges “no longer align with the mission,” it’s preparing to liquidate. Habitat doesn’t fail a mission. Missions fail habitat. www.cpr.org/2026/01/11/u...

It's not hypocrisy, it's capitalism. The bizarre behaviour of Western states and leaders often seems to betray a moral double standard. But in fact it is all perfectly consistent with a single standard, namely, the objective of maintaining the conditions for capital accumulation in the core.

The skyrocketing electricity demands of AI data centers—and a cold snap—are driving up America’s emissions after years of declines, a new report finds

Scientists find that oceans absorb over 90% of the excess heat from climate pollution. This extra heat intensifies climate disasters, accelerates sea level rise, and puts ocean ecosystems and the life they support at risk.

In America, everything has a dollar value except human lives those don't count

Open The Tongass to roads and logging and you don’t “manage” it….you flip it from carbon sink to carbon source. From old growth to degradation. Once that happens, there is no restoration timeline that matters. www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...

Ecosystem collapse doesn’t always start with extinction. It often starts with timing failure. Flowering, pollination, migration, dormancy; increasingly out of sync. Systems can look intact long after they’ve stopped functioning.

The state accused a suburban business of breaking environmental laws after even more asphalt was found in the Sanitary and Ship Canal more than 10 months after a spill of almost a half million gallons of the hot liquid substance.

Are they serious? How about we try stopping the cause. This is the very definition of a scorched-earth policy. “Dimming the sun to cool the planet has long been a fringe idea. But this year’s AGU featured dozens of talks and posters covering the once-taboo topic.” www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

“Never in the history of this planet has a forest been logged back to health.” Truer words have never been spoken.

"Agricultural, chemical and mining industry groups celebrated the EPA’s push to curb federal water regulations" Of course they celebrated—their business model depends on polluting our water. story by @juanpab.bsky.social www.wbez.org/environment/...

Yesterday, @mayorofchicago.bsky.social, Ald. Taliaferro, and Chicago's First Lady joined CDOT, DSS, DOE, and community partners to celebrate the Our Roots Chicago program's milestone of 68,000 trees planted, which gets us closer to our goal of 75,000 trees and a more equitable tree canopy.

Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 18, 2025 ~ Net infinity and beyond! "heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least a millennium after net zero is reached" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Before winter closes in, do one last thing for all the trees, shrubs and other plants in your garden: Make sure they have a cozy layer of mulch over their roots.

Hear about tree equity this Saturday, 11/15, at #CityCivicsDay! DOE's Lindy Wordlaw will talk w/ Naomi Davis (Blacks In Green), Trinity Pierce (@mortonarboretum.bsky.social's Chicago Region Trees Initiative), & Caroline Williams (Chicago Muslims Green Team). Register at Chicago.gov/CityCivicsDay!

What's better than a new playground? A new playground that helps reduce flooding! 🛝 We were thrilled to join our Space to Grow partners to unveil FOUR new, flood-resilient schoolyards last week at Till, Ryder, Farmer, & Mollison schools. See the highlights in the photos below!

"93,546 ha of forest, or ~4.7% of forest area, were damaged in w OR & WA by extreme heat event in June 2021. Western redcedar, western hemlock & Sitka spruce were most sensitive to heat damage, including in old-growth stands where they are canopy dominants." 🌏 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"Extreme weather fueled by climate change Is adding to bird declines -- Scientists have typically pointed to habitat loss as the key factor behind the worldwide drop in bird populations, but climate change poses a second, closely linked threat." 🌏 therevelator.org/climate-chan...

#ResistanceRoots It’s National Bison Day! Let’s take a moment to celebrate this iconic species and efforts to conserve and restore this majestic creature to its rightful place on the North American Plains. /1

Heat waves, disease, drought and air pollution are some of the climate-related health risks that are getting more deadly, according to the latest report from global researchers focused on rising temperatures and global health.

The former top soybean lobbyist who fought to keep the tree-wrecking pesticide dicamba on the market now runs EPA pesticide policy and the agency just proposed re-approving dicamba with even fewer restrictions than before. Gotta have dicamba to grow the soybeans we can’t sell. Gift Article:

Human exceptionalism began when we stopped seeing ourselves as part of the food web. Agriculture gave us control, then the illusion of superiority. Every species that outruns its limits believes it’s invincible—until it’s not. phys.org/news/2025-10...

President Trump’s weakening of air pollution regulations doesn't generate the same headlines as masked immigration agents tear-gassing protesters. But it's shaping how Chicagoans, especially those in communities of color, will live and die for decades.