CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pollution problems in certain Chicago neighborhoods are prompting the city to take a new approach to how it addresses environmental concerns. The changes come on the heels of a ...

Tucked inside the Altgeld Gardens public housing project on Chicago’s far South Side, there’s a yellow brick wall filled with hundreds of names. It stands as a memorial to the friends and family ...

Chicago faces no shortage of environmental issues. Lead in drinking water. Communities beset by pollutants. A transition to renewable energy. Local impacts of climate change. Sewer overflows that ...

For South Side Environmental Justice Advocates, the Fight for the Hazel M. Johnson Ordinance is a Fight for their Home Myrna Salgado-Romo was already thinking about her next steps when she left high ...

Environmental hazards mark the landscape of Chicago's Southeast Side ... Air pollution is linked to asthma and other lung problems, smaller birth weights and premature births.

Environmental justice, born in Chicago decades ago ... on drinking water protections as well as hazardous waste and other problems. “Environmental justice simply means ensuring the communities ...

The order includes a lengthy recitation of Lightfoot's accomplishments on environmental issues and previous goal ... city's land use and zoning practices, the Chicago Sun-Times has reported.

An environmental justice project manager will oversee this process. “Chicago is listening to the long-standing concerns voiced by environmental justice organizations and community members who ...

“And what we’re seeing in our urban environment ... Chicago to pinpoint socially vulnerable areas where nature-based solutions can help address climate challenges like flooding, air quality ...

Cheryl Johnson (foreground) still lauds her mother Hazel and the work that she put in on environmental issues in Chicago. Hazel Johnson died in 2011 after decades of activism. In Chicago ...

Tara Molina is a member of the CBS News Chicago Investigators team with a focus on CBS Climate Watch – the climate and environmental issues impacting our communities – as well as topical ...

Black Chicago has a complicated ... policies that tackle root problems if they meet us where we are and listen intently. Beyond government leaders, we must remember environmental NGOs, climate ...