Environment
Climate news, including natural resources, endangered species, sustainability and conservation in Chicago.
Three of four eggs hatched Thursday. The fourth egg was still being incubated and monitored by officials. The bird species is considered endangered in the Great Lakes region.
On the fourth day of the heat wave last week, city officials closed cooling centers and libraries where those without air conditioning had sought relief.
Modeled after a California policy, advocates want Illinois to set a schedule that puts more electric vehicles on the state’s roads over the next decade.
The city has resources to reinvest in its emergency weather response. Let’s act now to help people stay alive during extreme heat and cold.
Three 2.5-hour sessions will be held at City Colleges locations, starting July 22 at Malcolm X College. A fourth roundtable, open only to ages 13 to 24, will be at the Harold Washington Library.
There is no substitute for tackling the climate crisis head-on.
The city recorded four nights of lows in the 70s. Nighttime heat can be dangerous for the elderly, and for those without air conditioning, there are almost no options to cool off.
Some states have passed legislation to preserve these valuable resources, which protect wildlife and help stop flooding. Two environmental lawyers explain what the private sector can do to help.
The museum’s first cicada bobblehead is a nod to the double brood emergence of the 13-year and 17-year cicadas in more than a dozen states, including both broods in Illinois.
“As much as it sucks to get married in the middle of a cicada awakening, it is definitely memorable,” said Bree Aguilar, who had an outdoor ceremony earlier this month.
The scrap metal business seeks the same type of operating permit that was denied to the relocated General Iron on the Southeast Side.
Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are the two most severe illnesses to watch for amid rising temperatures.
Morton Arboretum experts have tips for turning cicadas into fertilizer, caring for trees and more.
Families turned out on the first day that Chicago Park District pools opened. Others had a splash at the Crown Fountain in Millennium Park. The city could reach 90 degrees for seven straight days, with very little cool down overnight.
Esta semana llega a Chicago la primera ola de calor de la temporada, abren 6 centros de enfriamiento
Esta semana de altas temperaturas, el Distrito de Parques de Chicago abre sus 77 albercas públicas para la temporada. La Municipalidad ofrece seis centros de enfriamiento donde las personas vulnerables al calor pueden buscar alivio.
A week of high temperatures arrives as the Chicago Park District opens all 77 public pools for the season. The city is offering six cooling centers where those who could be vulnerable to the heat can seek relief.
Piping plovers Imani and Searocket have produced four eggs in a protected area of the beach.
Brumby and Willum, a pair of 2-year-old male koalas, will be viewable to the public at 2 p.m. Tuesday — the first time koalas will inhabit Brookfield Zoo Chicago.
Plans for the new Morgridge Family Lakeside Learning Studios were unveiled Friday, along with an expansion of the Shedd’s youth education programs in South and West side neighborhoods. The learning center, she added, will serve about 300,000 young people very year.
A severe thunderstorm watch was issued through 10 p.m. in Kankakee, Grundy and Will counties.