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Tyler Michals climate protest
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Tyler Michals: Throwing food on art over climate change distracts from cause

After incidents of climate activists smearing food on famous art, it’s far from clear that the approach will move the needle on climate policy.
The plastics industry says advanced recycling is a solution to the plastic waste crisis. But environmental groups disagree. – Chicago Tribune
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The plastics industry says advanced recycling is a solution to the plastic waste crisis. But environmental groups disagree. – Chicago Tribune

The plastics industry says there is way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet’s oceans, beaches and lands — recycle it, chemically. But environmental groups say advanced recycling is a distraction from real solutions like producing and using less plastic.
Some Chicago Metra diesel locomotives to soon be powered by batteries
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Some Chicago Metra diesel locomotives to soon be powered by batteries

Battery-powered locomotives could be coming to Metra tracks for the first time in the coming years.
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Top environment stories of 2021

While we were reporting on pollution, climate change and invasive and endangered species, many stories only raised more questions. We hope to answer some of them in the new year.

Chicago air is dirtier in July than smog-choked Los Angeles. More bad air is forecast.
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Chicago air is dirtier in July than smog-choked Los Angeles. More bad air is forecast.

After missing out on cleaner air during the coronavirus lockdown, the Chicago area just suffered its longest streak of high-pollution days in more than a decade.
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Climate change keeps changing the game for home gardeners

Every year, gardeners should be rethinking what they grow and where because of climate change, experts say.

Impacts
In Manila and San Francisco, rising seas are a crisis right now

In Manila and San Francisco, rising seas are a crisis right now

Two sprawling metropolitan areas offer a glimpse of the future. One rich, one poor, they sit on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean. Their history, their wealth and the political and personal choices they make today will shape how they fare as the water inevitably comes to their doorsteps.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Coal stockpiles strain US power sector as demand wanes

Bogotá faces water rationing

Bogotá faces water rationing

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Wisconsin oil spill fuels doubts over Enbridge’s pipeline safety

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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

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Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

CLIMATE
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Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

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Cyclone devastates Mayotte