Chicago coalition gets ready for 100 percent renewable energy: A Q & A with Sierra Club Illinois’ Kyra Woods
By Aaron Dorman Medill Reports Kyra Woods intends to help move Chicago towards running on 100 percent renewable energy by 2035. She is in charge of the Sierra Club’s “Ready for 100” commitment in the Illinois chapter to help the city do just that. As part of a kick-off event on Tuesday at Uptake in […]
Illinois’ pipeline construction proceeds with reservations but no rancor
By Cloee Cooper [Package of Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline stories here] As Native American-led protests against the Dakota Access pipeline continue, major national unions that represent pipeline workers in Illinois have come out in support of the pipeline, despite environmental concerns about the potential for rupture in and around water resources, and […]
