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Environmentalists were distressed by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last month limiting the power of federal agencies and putting regulations like the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act at risk. But in ...

Linda Gonzalez grew up swimming in the Lake Michigan and playing softball on the fields at Calumet Park, but today, the lifelong Southeast Side resident thinks twice before dipping her toes in the ...

For more than 150 years, the Calumet River has been a vital part of the Chicago economy. It’s also polluted and not welcoming to recreational users. While it may take decades, a planning process by ...

Federal officials are withdrawing a planned expansion of a lakeside dump on the Southeast Side after community opposition and a lawsuit, saying they’ll look for a new site to store contaminated ...