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President Donald Trump leaves with Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou, right, and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son after the Foxconn groundbreaking on June 28, 2018, in Mount Pleasant, Wis.

Lawsuits seek reversal of smog break for Wisconsin Foxconn plant, Indiana steel mills

December 12, 2018 at 6:09 p.m.

Two lawsuits filed Thursday urge a federal appeals court to force southeast Wisconsin and northwest Indiana to comply with the latest limits on lung-damaging smog, targeting a Trump administration rollback...

The ArcelorMittal steel mill at the Port of Indiana in Burns Harbor, shown on June 26, 2018, emitted 173,000 pounds of benzene during 2016, an analysis found.

Indiana steel mill emits 18,000 pounds of lead a year. Is it blowing toward Chicago?

December 12, 2018 at 6:13 p.m.

The nation’s largest source of industrial lead pollution is just 20 miles down the Lake Michigan shore from Chicago, churning more than twice as much of the brain-damaging metal into...

Scrap metal is processed at the General Iron Industries scrap yard on North Clifton Avenue in Chicago on July 19, 2018.

EPA cites North Branch scrap shredder for dirty air

December 12, 2018 at 10:21 p.m.

Federal authorities cracked down Friday on a controversial scrap shredder along the North Branch of the Chicago River, the latest in a series of legal actions prompted by complaints about...

Workers prepare the Beemsterboer East Side Little League field for playoffs on Chicago's Southeast Side, near a site where General Iron is planning to move operations. In recent years, games have been interrupted by pollution in the area.

Planned move of scrap shredder alarms Southeast Side pollution fighters: ‘We’re tired of being the city’s dumping ground’

December 12, 2018 at 9:39 p.m.

A scrap metal shredder with a long history of pollution problems is moving from wealthy, largely white Lincoln Park to a low-income, predominantly Latino neighborhood that already is heavily burdened...

U.S. District Court judge rules EPA administrator Scott Pruitt violated the Clean Air Act by allowing Illinois and two other states to omit ethical standards from their federally mandated plans to reduce lung-damaging smog and soot pollution.

Federal judge orders Illinois to adopt ethics rules for environmental regulators

December 12, 2018 at 8:40 p.m.

Hours before Scott Pruitt resigned under pressure on Thursday, a federal judge chided President Donald Trump’s scandal-plagued Environmental Protection Agency administrator for failing to enforce conflict-of-interest rules for regulators in...

Paul Vallas says lead-contaminated water is an issue "no city government can afford to ignore."

Vallas promises lead water pipe fix, slams Emanuel for inaction

December 13, 2018 at 7:09 a.m.

Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas on Tuesday promised a comprehensive plan to protect Chicagoans from lead-contaminated tap water, a day after a City Council panel approved another $400 million in borrowing...

Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago on June 6, 2018.

Trump Tower, one of largest users of Chicago River water, has never met EPA rules for protecting fish, records show

April 15, 2024 at 4:57 p.m.

Fishing piers and floating gardens welcome anglers to the Chicago Riverwalk, but a few blocks upstream is a little-known threat to fish and other aquatic life in the city’s steadily...

Planta de carbón contamina el único río nacional escénico en Illinois

December 14, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.

La primera señal de problemas en el único río nacional escénico de Illinois fue cuando pedazos gruesos de sicomoros y roble colapsan en la orilla pedrosa teñida de tonos metálicos...

As coal plant pollution seeps into Illinois’ only national scenic river, advocates sue for feds to take action

December 14, 2018 at 9:26 a.m.

The first sign of trouble on Illinois’ only national scenic river is when thick stands of sycamore, red bud and oak suddenly give way to a barren, rocky bank stained...

The NRG Energy power plant, in Joliet, Ill. May 23, 2018.

EPA deal marks dramatic shift away from dirty coal power in Chicago area

December 14, 2018 at 8:44 a.m.

Despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to bring back the days when coal power dominated the nation, his administration quietly settled a lawsuit this month that highlights how the lung-damaging, climate-changing...

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