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ProPublica
5 days ago
The FDA webpage had a stark warning: Some purported autism “cures” or treatments, including chlorine dioxide and raw camel milk, are dangerous and make misleading claims. Under RFK Jr.’s leadership, that advisory is gone. (Published Feb.)
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Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments
The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-fda-removes-autism-treatments-warning?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1779931500&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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A test sampling of Lake Michigan, the Chicago River and other waterways across Illinois found tiny plastics present, posing potential threats to human health and damage to the environment, according to an advocacy group.
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Microplastics found in Lake Michigan, Chicago River, other Illinois waterways
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2026/05/20/microplastics-pollution-found-lake-michigan-chicago-river-water-environment-illinois?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&mrfcid=202605206a0dec185523474acfc1ca85
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Pocos residentes de Chicago compran seguros contra inundaciones. ¿Deberían hacerlo?
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Pocos residentes de Chicago compran seguros contra inundaciones. ¿Deberían hacerlo?
Casi todas las comunidades del área de Chicago están en riesgo de inundaciones y se espera que las tormentas más intensas aumenten. Muchas personas no se dan cuenta de que su seguro de hogar no cubre ...
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2026/05/20/pocos-residentes-de-chicago-compran-seguros-contra-inundaciones-deberian-hacerlo
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Chicago Sun-Times
16 days ago
Almost every community in the Chicago area is at risk of flooding, and powerful storms are expected to increase. Here's what to know about flood insurance.
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Few Chicago residents buy flood insurance, but should they?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2026/05/17/chicago-basement-flooding-insurance-state-farm-fema-cook-county-soaked?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=202605176a09c2f2bc6b53252146c7cb
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Clientes de ComEd podrían enfrentar un aumento de dos dígitos en sus facturas de luz
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Clientes de ComEd podrían enfrentar un aumento de dos dígitos en sus facturas de luz
Los centros de datos de Inteligencia Artificial están aumentando los costos para los consumidores mientras la demanda comienza a amenazar el suministro eléctrico.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2026/05/14/clientes-de-comed-podran-enfrentar-un-aumento-de-dos-digitos-en-sus-facturas-de-luz
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Chicago Sun-Times
20 days ago
ComEd electric customers will see at least a 12% jump in monthly charges starting in June as big data centers increase demand for power and an unrelated consumer credit ends.
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ComEd electric customers brace for double-digit spike in bills
https://chicago.suntimes.com/consumer-affairs/2026/05/13/comed-electric-customer-bills-rising-ai-data-centers-pjm-energy-costs?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=202605136a04eb2b770b223cc451fa40
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Chicago Sun-Times
21 days ago
Every day, 20,000 semi-trucks roll in and out of sprawling warehouses along I-80 south of Chicago, carrying good for retailers like Amazon and Target. What's it like to live near one of them? Many residents say it's miserable.
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‘Die-80': Life and death near southwest suburbs' booming warehouse hub
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/05/12/warehouse-boom-next-day-delivery-die-80-amazon-centerpoint-intermodal-northpoint-joliet-manhattan-elwood?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=202605126a0322955cf32017ef5fac9f
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ProPublica
22 days ago
WATCH: Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix this town’s housing crisis. To this day, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. A $590,000 deposit for the printer was forfeited. And the more reporter Molly Parker asked questions, the weirder things got:
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Chicago Sun-Times
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For the first time in more than a century, an eaglet has hatched within Chicago’s city limits. The baby bird hatched at a nest at a park near the Calumet River, the park district says.
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Eaglet hatches in Chicago for the first time in more than 100 years
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/05/06/eaglet-hatches-chicago-park-district?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=2026050769fc85534f6ea542ec1500e0
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Chicago Sun-Times Guild
about 1 month ago
The Sun-Times Guild and WBEZ’s SAG-AFTRA are UNION STRONG in our fights for a fair contract. We stand together in our respective fights for the pay, protections and assurances the union workers who bring you Chicago’s headlines — online, on the radio and in print — deserve.
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Inside Climate News
about 1 month ago
A new study found that over 70 percent of marine protected areas are exposed to high levels of wastewater pollutants—making corals and other marine life more vulnerable to climate change.
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Sewage Is Threatening Coral Reefs Around the World, Even in Marine Protected Areas - Inside Climate News
A new study finds that more than 70 percent of these protected zones are exposed to high levels of wastewater pollutants, making corals and other marine life more vulnerable to climate change.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26042026/sewage-threatens-coral-reefs-marine-protected-areas/
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about 2 months ago
📣A must-read: Flooding in Chicago is getting worse. Here's why & what you can do about it, via
@brettchase.bsky.social
@chicago.suntimes.com
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tinyurl.com/3yyw72mw
@chjreportinghealth.bsky.social
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Flooding in Chicago is getting worse. Here's why.
Blamed in part on climate change, the threat of water ponding in your yard or your basement is growing, a Sun-Times/WBEZ investigation has found, putting health, homes at risk.
https://tinyurl.com/3yyw72mw
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Inside Climate News
2 months ago
Pollution is making Iowans sick, a new report from the Harkin Institute and the Iowa Environmental Council finds.
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Iowa’s Cancer Crisis Linked to Pesticides, PFAS, Fertilizer and Radon, Report Says - Inside Climate News
The state is one of a handful where cancer diagnoses are on the rise.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25032026/iowa-environmental-risk-factors-contribute-to-cancer-crisis/
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Inside Climate News
2 months ago
A planned data center in Michigan would use renewables and flexibility to meet most of its demand, while a planned facility in Ohio could go in a different direction—highlighting a contrast in choices between emphasizing cleaner energy sources and relying on fossil fuels.
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Two Wildly Different Data Centers Reveal a ‘Fork in the Road’ on How to Meet Electricity Demand - Inside Climate News
A Michigan data center would use renewables and flexibility to meet most demand. An Ohio project goes in a different direction.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26032026/inside-clean-energy-midwest-data-center-power-plans/
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Inside Climate News
3 months ago
China is highly dependent on Middle Eastern oil and gas. But its pivot to electrification and clean energy is helping protect the country from the fallout of the war in Iran.
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China’s Clean Energy Push Has Made It Less Vulnerable to Energy Shocks, Including the Iran War - Inside Climate News
As countries scramble to secure oil, gas and fertilizer, China’s bets on clean energy and coal are cushioning its dependence on oil and gas imports.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13032026/china-clean-energy-coal-cushions-oil-dependence-iran-war/
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Inside Climate News
3 months ago
New federal workforce figures show the radical change at EPA in the first year of the Trump administration Among the 4,000 employees who departed in 2025 were scientists responsible for breakthroughs in testing for health risks of biopersistent chemicals.
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EPA Hits 40-Year Lows in Staffing After Trump Targets Its Public Health Experts - Inside Climate News
An Inside Climate News analysis of just-released federal workforce data shows more than 4,000 employees departed between January 2025 and January 2026, including a majority of team leaders.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06032026/trump-epa-staffing-lows/
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Inside Climate News
3 months ago
Exposure to pollution is a choice, former EPA experts say in a new report. And Trump’s EPA is choosing to make Americans sicker.
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Former EPA Staff Detail Expanding Pollution Risks Under Trump - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration’s relentless rollback of public health and environmental protections has allowed widespread toxic exposures to flourish, warn experts who helped implement safeguards now under...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27022026/trump-administration-environmental-protection-public-health-rollbacks/
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Inside Climate News
3 months ago
“Everybody has pretty much had enough”: Why Pennsylvania residents are organizing to stop data center development.
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Grassroots Resistance to Data Centers Rises in Pennsylvania - Inside Climate News
As community protests grow, both Democratic and Republican officials are proposing more industry regulation.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03032026/pennsylvania-data-center-resistance/
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Chicago Sun-Times
4 months ago
The Trump administration has officially denied an appeal from the state of Illinois for disaster relief funds for summer storms last year that affected 438,000 residents in five Illinois counties.
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Trump administration denies Illinois appeal for summer storms disaster relief
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2026/02/09/trump-administration-denial-illinois-appeal-summer-storms-disaster-relief?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20260209698a68cb1140d00b2579440d
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Inside Climate News
4 months ago
Zillow scrubbed climate risk data under pressure from California’s real estate brokers and agents who were concerned about its impact on home prices. A plugin in development would restore that data.
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A California Climate Expert Is Working to Restore Climate Risk Scores Deleted by Zillow - Inside Climate News
The real estate website scrubbed the data under pressure from California’s real estate brokers and agents who were concerned about its impact on home prices. Neil Matouka thinks prospective buyers hav...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20012026/climate-expert-works-to-restore-zillow-climate-risk-scores/
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Chicago Sun-Times
4 months ago
The American Red Cross warned of a severe blood supply shortage on Jan. 20, ahead of extreme winter weather conditions across the country. Local health care specialists urge people to get out and donate.
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Extreme weather has spurred national blood supply shortage — here’s how to help
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/01/28/extreme-weather-has-spurred-national-blood-supply-shortage-american-red-cross?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20260129697abdf8162ad81b72277085
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Chicago Sun-Times
4 months ago
A group of hundreds, many of them nurses still wearing badges after walking from their nearby hospitals, performed a Nightingale Tribute — a traditional send off for nurses — for Alex Pretti, who was killed Saturday by immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis.
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Chicago health care workers honor Alex Pretti, call for abolition of ICE and general strike
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/28/va-nurse-vigil-alex-pretti-call-ice-border-patrol?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20260129697adad131dec229ac69eaca
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@SZReports
4 months ago
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...
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Cardinal Blase Cupich, fellow cardinals are critical of Trump administration foreign policy
U.S. foreign policy raises “basic questions” about the morality of war and peace, Cupich and two other U.S. Catholic leaders write in a rare admonishment of a sitting president. This month, Pope Leo d...
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2026/01/19/cardinal-cupich-catholics-pope-leo-donald-trump-venezuela-greenland
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Chicago Sun-Times
5 months ago
Residents say the odors are so strong they feel ill and it’s impossible to spend time outdoors. They have until Friday to decide if they want to be included or opt out of a class action lawsuit.
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Southeast Side residents face Friday deadline for lawsuit over horrible smells
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2026/01/13/pullman-innovations-class-action-lawsuit-odor-smells-southeast-side-dutch-farms?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20260113696688c335b12b25b8307f3d
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Chicago Sun-Times
5 months ago
More than 100 people gathered under the Little Village arch Wednesday night for a vigil in solidarity with Minneapolis, where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a driver earlier in the day.
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Protesters march in Little Village after ICE killing in Minneapolis
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/07/little-village-protest-ice-minneapolis?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20260108695fc05d440a1610e4709120
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Jeff Tweedy's 30-song release Twilight Override was my favorite album of 2025. Check out the full list in comments.
5 months ago
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Chicago Sun-Times
5 months ago
A Chicago Sun-Times political reporter fulfills a teenage dream by joining the White Sox beat, drawing parallels between sports and government coverage.
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From the Capitol to the clubhouse, a Sun-Times politics reporter took a swing at covering baseball
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2025/12/30/armentrout-sun-times-white-sox-politics?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=202512306953cc0752b98d538af29b8d
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Chicago Sun-Times
5 months ago
Chicago lost notable figures in 2025 — a larger-than-life artist, a basketball devotee nun, an Italian beef evangelist and a barkeep from Bridgeport among them.
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Re-remembering 11 Chicagoans who died in 2025
https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2025/12/30/in-memoriam-11-chicagoans-who-died-in-2025?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=202512306953cdbd85ddd37ef7893141
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Chicago Sun-Times
5 months ago
Construction workers at the Obama Presidential Center have begun installing 5-foot letters from a speech the former president delivered in 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights marches.
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An Obama quote gets installed atop presidential center
https://chicago.suntimes.com/architecture-design/2025/12/26/obama-selma-america-quote-presidential-center?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20251227694f10b3392c3c38e1972c85
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Chicago Sun-Times
5 months ago
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.
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Suburban business cited for big oily asphalt spill in Chicago canal
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/12/22/illinois-epa-oily-asphalt-spill-chicago-sanitary-ship-canal-mwrd-pritzker-trump?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=202512236949ae17942a062f3b8557ab
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Propietario de planta del lado sureste pagará al estado de Illinois $125,000 por emisiones de gas dañino
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Propietario de planta del lado sureste pagará al estado de Illinois $125,000 por emisiones de gas dañino
El productor de acero también acordó agregar nuevos controles de contaminación. Se le acusó de no controlar la cantidad de esas emisiones entre finales de 2021 y principios de 2022.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/12/18/propietario-de-planta-del-lado-sureste-pagara-al-estado-de-illinois-125-000-por-emisiones
5 months ago
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Chicago Sun-Times
6 months ago
Raids, protests, shootings, arrests, the use of tear gas — Sun-Times photojournalists captured these moments in hundreds of photos over the last several months.
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The most pivotal moments of Operation Midway Blitz, captured by Sun-Times photographers
https://chicago.suntimes.com/photography/2025/12/18/midway-blitz-chicago-immigration-raids-photography-photos?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=202512186944757b9bbcdf0f64a2ce88
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Chicago Sun-Times
6 months ago
Illinois is running out of power. The news is a blow to Gov. JB Pritzker’s climate change-fighting goals too, as demand from AI data centers soars while wind and solar development stalls.
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Illinois running low on power as AI data centers spike electricity demand
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/12/16/illinois-pritzker-energy-needs-nuclear-gas-power-plants-climate-change-renewable?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=202512166941b43b722f447e2b6f421e
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Chicago Sun-Times
6 months ago
A. Finkl & Sons, a Chicago steelmaker, agreed to add pollution controls and pay Illinois $125,000 to settle accusations of releasing excessive harmful gas in violation of environmental laws.
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A. Finkl & Sons to pay state $125,000 over emissions of harmful nitrous oxide at Far Southeast Side plant
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/12/12/afinkl-sons-steel-fined-illinois-air-pollution-kwame-raoul-south-side-environment?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20251212693c758bd9616a1b57365986
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Lee Bey
6 months ago
Latest column. In addition to his Millennium Park and other work, Gehry traveled the world with the Pritzkers, briefly held an ownership stake in the Inland Steel Building, was nicknamed 'Frankgooch' by Stanley Tigerman & appeared on The Simpsons.
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Architect Frank Gehry who designed Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion and foot bridge dies at 96
The visionary West Coast architect had deeply rooted Chicago connections and friendships.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2025/12/06/architect-frank-gehry-obituary-millennium-park-music-pavilion-foot-bridge-dies-96
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Chicago Sun-Times
6 months ago
Monsanto, once the largest makers of a now-banned class of chemicals, agreed to pay the state $120 million and potentially more, under a settlement announced by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Monday.
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Chicago, suburbs to get millions from PCB pollution settlement with Monsanto
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/12/01/monsanto-illinois-chicago-suburbs-pcb-pollution-cancer?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20251202692e41eb446c846dd231ce91
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Pritzker pide ayuda federal por desastre de inundaciones tras tormentas de verano
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Pritzker pide ayuda federal por desastre de inundaciones tras tormentas de verano
El gobernador solicita a la administración de Trump que proporcione dinero para ayudar a los sobrevivientes de inundaciones en Chicago, el Condado de Cook e Illinois.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/11/26/pritzker-pide-ayuda-federal-por-desastre-de-inundaciones-tras-tormentas-de-verano
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6 months ago
The state’s top environmental official says the feds stopped oversight of the cleanup of an oily mess in a Chicago waterway before the job was done.
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State official accuses Trump’s EPA of abandoning oily cleanup in Chicago canal
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/11/25/trump-epa-oily-cleanup-chicago-sanitary-and-ship-canal-illinois-environmental?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=2025112669261758b0a4574e021ac0ef
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PHOTOS: A pair of snowy owls have taken roost of Montrose Harbor Beacon Pier, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
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Two owls that landed on a pier near Montrose’s bird sanctuary have drawn hundreds hoping for a glimpse of the majestic species in an urban landscape. Word of the birds' arrival circulated on birder forums for a week.
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Bird watchers perch at Montrose Beach as snowy owls make early Chicago appearance
https://chicago.suntimes.com/parks-nature/2025/11/25/snowy-owls-montrose-beach?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=202511266926595e066d8c7b028fd5ba
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6 months ago
The governor is asking the Trump administration to reverse course and provide money to help survivors of flooding across Chicago, Cook County and Illinois.
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Pritzker pleads for federal flood disaster aid after summer storms
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/11/24/pritzker-trump-flooding-disaster-money-fema-cook-county-chicago-southwest-side?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=202511256924f881d734585b08b870b3
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A pair of snowy owls spotted along a Lake Michigan beach has drawn curious crowds and sparked happy speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home.
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A pair of snowy owls spotted along Lake Michigan beach draws crowds in Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/11/24/a-pair-of-snowy-owls-spotted-along-lake-michigan-beach-draws-crowds-in-chicago?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=202511256924e6dd2af96712d2f5f85d
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6 months ago
In one moment, more than 39,000 feet of lights wrapping the 68-foot Norwegian evergreen came to life, as fireworks lit up downtown Chicago and thousands let out a cheer for the holiday season.
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City lights official Christmas tree at Millennium Park
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/21/city-lights-official-christmas-tree-at-millennium-park?utm_campaign=mrf-bluesky-chicago.suntimes.com&mrfcid=20251122692122b6f83ced3cfcae16b1
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add a skeleton here at some point
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Chicago Sun-Times
7 months ago
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project has spent years installing memorials throughout the city to honor those killed during the historic event. The latest additions were featured in a walking tour in the Loop on Saturday.
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Artists highlight lasting impact of Chicago's 1919 race riot with glass markers in the Loop
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project has spent years installing memorials throughout the city to honor those killed during the historic event. The latest additions were featured in a walking tour in the Loop on Saturday.
https://trib.al/LCtDC50
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7 months ago
Nearly half a million gallons of liquid asphalt spilled into the storied canal of the Chicago River earlier this year, leading to a massive EPA-led cleanup effort that continues almost nine months later.
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Environmental threat lingers months after massive oily spill into Chicago canal
Almost a half million gallons of liquid asphalt poured into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal earlier this year. EPA is overseeing the cleanup of the mess.
https://trib.al/a42y3Wh
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7 months ago
State lawmakers send Gov. JB Pritzker a plan to increase power in Illinois as demand across the country is hitting ComEd and Ameren utility customers.
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State lawmakers pass an energy bill. Is it a fix for skyrocketing electric bills?
State lawmakers send Gov. JB Pritzker a plan to increase power in Illinois as demand across the country is hitting ComEd and Ameren utility customers.
https://trib.al/t7h6CCq
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8 months ago
Half a dozen people have been detained Friday morning, including a faith leader as protests got underway at the Broadview ICE facility.
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Several arrested as Broadview protests get underway
Several people were detained Friday morning at the Broadview ICE facility as protests began early.
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8 months ago
More than a dozen people were detained by federal agents Thursday at the Swap-O-Rama flea market on Chicago’s Southwest Side, according to Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th).
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More than a dozen Swap-O-Rama vendors detained in immigration raid, according to alderperson
The arrests appear to be part of an operation that took place Thursday on Chicago's Southwest Side.
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A follow to this story I wrote earlier in October: States are now suing Trump for pulling solar funding.
chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...
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Trump pulls plug on expanding solar program that cuts Illinois electric bills
Gov. Pritzker’s administration says $130 million in federal funding promised to Illinois for expansion of affordable rooftop solar was illegally halted.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/10/02/trump-pritzker-affordable-solar-for-all-power-climate-change-epa-federal-funds-canceled
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