Articles by Regional Reporter, Illinois Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
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![A mural with the world Chicago on it next to an elevated train track and woman walking across a parking lot.]()
![A mural with the world Chicago on it next to an elevated train track and woman walking across a parking lot.]()
In Chicago, one neighborhood is fighting gentrification and climate change at the same time
The secret to success? Build affordable housing next to transit.
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![CHICAGO - FEB 12: The claws of a scrap handler machine prepares to move piles of scrap metal at General Iron Industries in Chicago, Illinois on FEB 12, 2011.]()
![CHICAGO - FEB 12: The claws of a scrap handler machine prepares to move piles of scrap metal at General Iron Industries in Chicago, Illinois on FEB 12, 2011.]()
Illinois EPA must revamp its permitting process after Chicago activists file civil rights complaint
“It shouldn't have to be this hard to get these common sense rules in place.”
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![brick row houses on a south side chicago street]()
A geothermal energy boom could be coming to Chicago’s South Side
The key to building low-carbon infrastructure in the city? Its trademark alleys.
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![Barges and cranes on Chicago river working on buildings.]()
![Barges and cranes on Chicago river working on buildings.]()
Chicago could be first major Midwestern city to ban gas in new construction
Buildings are Chicago’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts to decarbonize them are facing union opposition.
