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- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jul 18, 2019
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President polluter
Chicago EPA employees defend the environment—and their union— from the Trump administration.
- Blogs, Bleader May 11, 2018
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East Side residents enraged by manganese pollution tear into city and federal officials
"Half-assed everything, that's what we get."
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2017
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Chicago has a real shot at hosting World Cup games in 2026, and other news
Also, the Illinois house failed to pass a ban on semiautomatic rifle bump stocks.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 26, 2017
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Judge continues block of Cook County ‘pop tax’ until at least Friday, and other Chicago news
Also, the EPA approved Chicago's dry ice method of killing rats.
- Best of Chicago, Reasons to love Chicago Jun 22, 2017
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‘That first warm day’ should be an official Chicago holiday
The sudden unseasonable temperature spike is cause for citywide celebration.
- Music, Music Feature May 24, 2017
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The poop scoop on festival season
Service Sanitation porta-potties have become a ubiquitous sight at Chicago’s outdoor concerts. And even if you don’t think you want to, you’re about to learn about the business that put them there.
- Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2017
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Alderman Raymond Lopez under police protection after retaliatory threats from gangs, and other Chicago news
Also, former mayor Richard M. Daley's photo has finally been added to the wall of mayors at City Hall.
- Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2017
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Emanuel launches new climate change section on city website using information deleted from EPA, and other Chicago news
Also, there's speculation that Forrest Claypool's days at Chicago Public Schools are numbered.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2017
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EPA chief Scott Pruitt visits lead contaminated East Chicago
Residents staged a boisterous rally through the abandoned streets of the West Calumet Housing Complex.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 18, 2017
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Trump will be visiting Wisconsin on Tuesday, and other news
Also, the Environmental Protection Agency's Chicago regional office reportedly is in danger of being closed.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Apr 5, 2017
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EPA employees are mad as hell and they’re not taking Trump’s policies any more
Longtime bureaucrats are stepping into the limelight to protest the president.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2017
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Can loose tweets sink presidents?
The Badlands National Park fires back in Trump's war against facts, truth, and the media.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2015
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A bus tour stops by polluted Altgeld Gardens
For more than 30 years, residents of the south-side housing project—called the "toxic doughnut"—have been fighting for environmental justice.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 24, 2009
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The EPA steps it up--finally
There are increasing signs that the federal government may actually take on greenhouse gas emissions.
