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...
by Tony Mancuso | Jul 23, 2019 | Energy Futures, Environmental Justice
We've Got the (Green) Power As I drive down Interstate 57 south from Chicago, a flash catches my eye: red lights. At first, a few. Then more in the distance. Click Here By Nidhi Shastri Looming in front of me is a massive field of wind power. Each light sits...
by Tony Mancuso | May 23, 2018 | Environmental Justice
By Lisen Holmström To get to Altgeld Gardens, I take the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line to 95th Street and then Bus 34 toward 131st and Ellis. It takes about 90 minutes, but I don’t mind. What surrounds the public housing community in Southeast Chicago...
