Things Are Good: Green Roofs Are An Urban Paradise

Green roofs are pretty great because they assist in flood prevention and can grow crops. Indeed, green roofs are growing in popularity around the world because they are great for cleaning air and cooling cities too! It’s almost as if many urban problems can be solved by converting unused space into usable green environs. In […]

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Trashy's World: Had to post this…

… to funny. Seems there is a teacher’s strike going on in Chicago. And it is getting nasty. Civility has disappeared in Chicago Teachers Union protests,” says Daniel Strauss, who snapped the pic. Truly. Make fun of the mayor’s mother, declare him worse than Hitler, plant evidence that he’s having

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DeSmogBlog: Was Scott Walker Chosen to Headline Heartland Institute Gala Due to His Bradley Foundation Ties?

800px-ScottWalker.jpeg Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker will keynote the Heartland Institute's 28th Anniversary Benefit Dinner this evening at Navy Pier in Chicago, IL.  Walker recently won the Kochtopus-funded Americans for Prosperity George Washington Award. Now, two months after his recall election steamrolling of Democrat Tom Barrett, the climate change denying group

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openalex: Chicago Kills Coal

Great news out of Chicago yesterday. After a two-and-a-half year campaign, a well networked citizens campaign has managed to secure the closure of two outdated and heavily polluting coal-fired power plants. The Fisk and Crawford power plants are located in residential neighbourhoods on Chicago’s Southwest Side. They are relics from

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