by April Wendling | Sep 13, 2022 | A River Runs Through It, Environmental Justice
By Tori Ruzzier and Sydney Sadler As the clock struck 10 a.m. one day in 1969, weathered shoes shuffled across Green Street in front of the Illini Union. With coffee steam billowing out of their styrofoam cups and ties tied tight, aeronautical engineering student...
by April Wendling | Feb 21, 2022 | Environmental Justice, Q&A
By Kratika Tandon Richard Lazarus grew up in Urbana, Ill., and enrolled at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign a couple of weeks after his 17th birthday. Known today as a pioneer in the field of environmental law, he created a path from the beginning by...
by April Wendling | Jan 13, 2022 | Environmental Justice, Joseph Travel Funding, Memoir, What Lurks Beneath
By Maria Maring EDITOR’S NOTE: Although Line 3 is far north of Urbana-Champaign, it is important that we acknowledge that the University of Illinois exists upon the traditional lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk,...
by April Wendling | Jan 21, 2021 | Energy Futures, Environmental Justice
By Gwenna Heidkamp On a balmy summer day in early July, a few friends and I rented kayaks and moseyed our way down the Middle Fork of the Vermillion River, enjoying Illinois’ only officially designated national scenic river. As hawks circled overhead, small fish...
by Tony Mancuso | Sep 5, 2020 | Environmental Justice, What Lurks Beneath
By Sarah Gediman Every summer, people across the country travel to freshwater beaches in northern Michigan to relax. They take hikes through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, breathe in the scent of cedars and birch trees, and peer at the breeding grounds...
by Tony Mancuso | Dec 18, 2019 | Environmental Justice, The Human Footprint
By Carly Hopkins Walking around the unfamiliar neighborhood of Englewood on the South Side of Chicago, my heart rate beat in time with the sounds of a fading siren. The words “be careful” from my parents and friends echoed in my mind. The rampant gun violence in...
