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Around 50 opponents of the Invert, a massive underground development plan, disrupted a town hall after Ald. Peter Chico proposed reversing a city law to allow mining.
CHICAGO — Chicago ranked second among major U.S. cities with the worst air pollution in 2023, its average annual concentration of dangerous fine particulate matter almost three times global guidelines, according to a recent report. Even as national standards have tightened, pollution levels in the city still surpassed old regulations. At one point last summer, Chicago had the poorest air ...
Concerns about wildfire smoke can compound Chicago’s existing problems with pollution, especially in neighborhoods and parts of the city historically affected by heavy industry.
The BP Whiting Refinery, the largest refinery in the Midwest, suffered a power outage and two leaks just as its state air permit was coming up for renewal.
Chicago is joining a nationwide trend of large cities incorporating equity or justice goals into preparing for climate change’s impact on public health. The idea is to better protect Black, Hispanic, Indigenous and other socially vulnerable and marginalized communities. That hasn’t always been the case.