Opinion: For decades, Chicago has underinvested in transit while global cities have moved toward more efficient ...

Smoke blown in from Canadian wildfires rendered Chicago-area air unhealthy for many days recently. Mature trees can’t fix climate change, but they can mitigate the effects. A healthy urban tree ...

With no air conditioning, the public housing apartment ... the 300 block of North Michigan Avenue on July 10, 2024, in Chicago. The urban heat island index in the area can be as much as 12.4 ...

Urban Air has swelled to more than 200 stores around ... The world’s best-preserved fossils are right outside Chicago. But there are no dinosaur bones at Mazon Creek. The world's best-preserved ...

The Chicago Housing Authority has a brand new Healthy Homes Division. The team will help address environmental issues like lead, mold and air quality for more than 30,000 public housing residents.

As the boat zipped down the Chicago River on a nippy November morning, Sammie Clark stood up and pointed at a creature swimming in the water, its brown fur slick and its head bobbing just above the ...

Urban Air Adventure Park, the world's largest adventure ... We'll catch you up on the news you need to know with the Chicago Catch-Up newsletter.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “the urban heat island effect is a measurable increase in ambient urban air temperatures ... Newark (9.0°F), and Chicago (8.7°F).

they’re cleaning the air, they’re cooling the neighborhoods, they’re absorbing the rainwater and they’re doing all of these things for absolutely free.” The problem: Chicago’s urban ...

Imagine the acrid smell of smoke filling the air, the intense heat licking ... The lessons learned from the Great Chicago Fire continue to inform urban planning and disaster preparedness efforts ...