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The city says Bally’s can now resume the teardown of the Chicago Tribune’s former printing plant on Friday.
After a wall collapsed, sending material into the Chicago River, the company’s contractor says it has collected the white substance that spread upstream.
The storied shipping channel featured in “The Blues Brothers” helped build the Sears Tower but has long been polluted and inaccessible to residents.
The former Chicago Tribune Freedom Center is being torn down to make way for the casino. Some white material is still floating up the river.
La administración del alcalde Brandon Johnson otorgó a Sims Metal Management un permiso de operación similar a uno solicitado anteriormente por la trituradora de automóviles General Iron que fue negado.
The city still has to approve the demolition of the massive grain silos that preservationists tried to save.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration granted Sims Metal Management an operating permit similar to one earlier sought by car-shredder General Iron.
Chicago’s point person on air pollution and extreme heat was pushed out, raising questions about the mayor’s commitment to neighborhoods choked by pollution.
Energy-hungry data centers will dramatically increase demand for power as the U.S. races to be a world leader in artificial intelligence. ComEd and other utilities pay up front to make sure the electric grids won’t see blackouts because of these electricity hogs. When their costs go up, so do our bills.
While the president-elect promises clean air and water, climate and equity likely to take a back seat to fossil fuel excavation.