There are considerable problems with air and land pollution in
Chicago’s Southwest neighborhoods of Pilsen and Little Village and, at a
meeting with community residents last night, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) committed to ongoing cleanup efforts.
Approximately 50 residents at Walsh Elementary School listened Tuesday night as the EPA presented the community with four plans for pollution reduction in their neighborhood.
Three bills in Congress received co-sponsorship from Illinois legislators this week ranging from a call to audit the Pentagon to an investigation of the environmental and health consequences of fracking. We take a closer look at the bills.
Findings of a new report warn that by the end of the century, as many as 150,000 U.S. deaths could be attributed to extreme heat caused by climate change if steps are not taken to limit current carbon pollution levels.
The report, released by the Natural Resources Defense Council, assessed excessive heat in 40 cities and projected that by 2099 there will be an increase in the number of days where the heat index – how hot it feels when both the actual temperature and the relative humidity is factored – reaches between 105 and 110 degrees. These extended days of high temperature will lead to a rise in the number of heat-related deaths, according to the study.
A bill moving through the Illinois General Assembly would create new
regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial oil
and gas drilling technique that can pollute drinking water and is set to begin in the state next month.
There are considerable problems with air and land pollution in
Chicago’s Southwest neighborhoods of Pilsen and Little Village and, at a
meeting with community residents last night, the 
Findings of a new report warn that by the end of the century, as many as 150,000 U.S. deaths could be attributed to extreme heat caused by climate change if steps are not taken to limit current carbon pollution levels.
