Category: Environment

Gateway Plaza green space opens to complement Morton Grove Metra station redevelopment

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A day after officials held the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $4 million Metra rail station in Morton Grove, an unveiling was held for nearby green space that will complement the depot redevelopment. Over 50 people gathered Oct. 24 at Gateway Plaza, a new green space in Morton Grove located south of Lincoln Avenue at Ferris Avenue, for a ribbon cutting where Trustee Janine Witko delivered the opening remarks. Work had begun the week of Aug. 12 on the $250,000 Gateway Plaza project. It consists of a public plaza, benches, bicycle parking racks, planting beds and the commemorative bricks. Witko […]

At U.N. summit, historic agreement to give Indigenous groups voice on nature conservation decisions

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After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future decisions on nature conservation, a development that builds on a growing movement to recognize the role of the descendants of some regions’ original inhabitants in protecting land and combating climate change.

NWI residents, activists attend IDEM public meeting for Tradebe permit

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Northwest Indiana residents and environmental activists on Wednesday attended a public meeting to voice their concerns about a potential permit for Tradebe. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management hosted a meeting at Calumet College of St. Joseph in Whiting. IDEM’s Office of Air Quality issues air pollution control permits to sources that emit regulated levels of pollutants into the air, according to the agency. Tradebe, a Barcelona-based waste management company, has a hazardous waste storage and treatment facility at 4343 Kennedy Ave. in East Chicago. IDEM’s public meeting focused on a drum shredder at Tradebe’s East Chicago location. A drum […]

NWI environmental activist, law organization encouraged by U.S. Steel, EPA ruling

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One Northwest Indiana activist is encouraged by a recent Washington, D.C. circuit court ruling but said U.S. Steel still has a long way to go. The court on Thursday denied a request for the steel company to hit pause on a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule setting emission standards for integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities. U.S. Steel’s decision was consolidated with cases from Cleveland Cliffs and the Clean Air Council, according to online court records. The court urges the groups to submit a joint proposal going forward. “The new rule would make a dent in emission levels,” said Carolyn […]