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.
City health officials asked Michael Tadin Jr. to submit a new plan for containing dust as the remaining structures are torn down. Tadin got approval to restart demolition Wednesday.
Ald. Julia Ramirez says community members have complained about the work being done around the massive structures. Most of the demolition has been completed, city health officials said.
Almost $600 million in promised grants to businesses and local governments rescinded. The moves are politically motivated, say both Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin.
Gov. Pritzker’s administration says $130 million in federal funding promised to Illinois for expansion of affordable rooftop solar was illegally halted.
An ordinance that would give residents a say about polluting industries that want to set up shop where they live has the mayor’s support, but faces business and union opposition and Trump apathy.
A network of almost 300 devices installed across the city is the largest of its kind in the U.S. The pollution data are expected to be made public next year.
Following a more than yearlong battle at nearby Gompers Park, city officials say they will begin to clear a camp at Legion Park along the river Tuesday.
Large data centers working on artificial intelligence and other applications across the Midwest threaten to drain water supplies, a Great Lakes advocacy group warns.