Gary Mayor Eddie Melton has joined the organization’s Mayors Commission on Economic Transformation, which helps create a clean economic corridor in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River region.
Melton joins mayors commission for green development
Category: Environment
Wilmette finds dozens of dead birds near beach, issues avian flu guidance
Wilmette issued advice for dealing with dead birds after dozens of likely avian flu victims were found near Lake Michigan.
Most Americans who experienced severe winter weather see climate change at work, AP-NORC poll shows
About 8 in 10 U.S. adults say they have experienced some kind of extreme weather in recent years, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, with about half saying they’ve been personally affected by severe cold weather or severe winter storms.
Migrating sandhill cranes latest bird flu victims in Indiana; more than 1,500 killed
Sandhill cranes are the latest victims of a particularly persistent strain of avian influenza, killing at least 1,500 of the migrating birds in recent weeks, according to a biologist with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Former Village Church property to become ‘passive park,’ La Grange Park’s first new space since 1978
The Village Church in La Grange Park recently sold its building and land to the Community Park District of La Grange Park.
DuPage Forest Preserves’ director of golf lauded as PGA Executive of the Year
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County director of golf Ed Stevenson’s goal is to keep it fun and also address needs for the community.
National Park Service restores some jobs of fired employees, pledges to hire 7,700 seasonal workers
The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of National Park Service employees fired amid government-wide reductions and hiring nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers, following an uproar over an aggressive plan to downsize the agency.
Just chillin’: Chicago’s frigid temps this week make Lake Michigan just right for competitive ice swimmer Qing Li
Li, who lives in downtown Chicago, is one of nearly a hundred American athletes competing in the growing sport of ice swimming, where people traverse frigid waters of 41 degrees or lower.
Fixing water mains installed too close to sewer lines could cost Chicago millions, IG report says
In more than 1,200 spots in the city, work performed by water department contractors failed to comply with state and local health regulations.
‘We are the patriots’: Chicago federal employees protest mass firings in Federal Plaza
Over a hundred people braved bitter cold weather in Federal Plaza on Tuesday to protest the Trump administration’s mass firing of federal workers.