Illinois moves to limit toxic forever chemicals contaminating wells throughout the state
Nearly 300,000 Illinoisans rely on utilities where PFAS in well water exceed the state's proposed standards, according to a baiduhai analysis.
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Illinois agrees to tougher oversight of polluters in low-income communities, resolving civil rights complaint about Chicago scrap shredder
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration vowed Friday to take a more rigorous look at polluters before allowing them to operate or expand in low-income communities.
EPA’s proposed limits on soot would lead to cleaner factories and vehicles in Chicago and other cities
Studies have determined that reducing soot pollution would particularly benefit low-income Black and Latino communities near highways, railways and industrial facilities.
Chicago hears from Cincinnati and Newark officials on how to speed up replacement of toxic lead pipes
With Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration projecting it will take 40 years and up to $12 billion to replace toxic lead water pipes throughout the city, aldermen are pressing for changes...
Biden EPA proposes requirements for utilities to remove toxic lead water pipes within a decade; Chicago likely to get more time
President Joe Biden's administration is moving to require utilities to replace every toxic lead pipe connecting homes to water mains during the next decade, though Chicago and several other cities...
Soot pollution from coal-fired power plants is more deadly than soot from other sources, study shows
Burning coal to generate electricity is on the way out in the United States, but the nation's long dependence on the fossil fuel took a devastating toll. A new study...
Chicago to get $336 million loan from EPA to replace 30,000 lead water pipes
As recently as 2018 Chicago officials denied the nation's third largest city has a widespread problem with brain-damaging lead in drinking water, even though testing kits distributed by the city...
New regulations would barely dent the massive amounts of toxic pollution NW Indiana steel mills have been spewing for years
Kimmie Gordon grew up in a Gary neighborhood sandwiched between two of the biggest steel mills in the world. Her stepfather worked at another northwest Indiana mill along the southern...
Trump Tower, one of the largest users of Chicago River water, sued again by state after failing to meet EPA rules to protect fish
Donald Trump's skyscraper along the Chicago River is still sucking in massive amounts of water without a valid permit, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office alleged Thursday in a lawsuit...
Mayor Brandon Johnson announces plans to address pollution burdens in Chicago’s environmental justice neighborhoods
A year after federal investigators outlined how Chicago funnels industrial polluters into Black and Latino neighborhoods, Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed Monday to overhaul zoning, planning and land-use ordinances that perpetuate...