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Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Michigan also faces cutbacks in air quality monitoring, risks violating federal requirments

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Illinois isn't the only state facing cutbacks in environmental monitoring due to state and federal budgets. In its annual plan to mo...
Monday, July 15, 2013

Illinois EPA looking to cut back on air monitoring

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Facing the prospect of budget cuts, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has drafted plans to reduce the number of air quality sen...
Friday, September 9, 2011

Hopelessness and Hope in Pilsen - BATTLE IN THE BARRIO part 4/4

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An anti-Fisk poster hung by activists in a Pilsen Thrift store. “And every morning was a requiem or the feast day of a martyr - the pr...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

South-side children have greatest exposure to lead in Chicago, health department data shows

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This interactive heat map, compiled using Chicago Department of Public Health data, GIS files, and Google Fusion, shows where Children wi...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Visualization - is there injustice in Pilsen?

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This visualization was produced as part of a series about Pilsen, a Chicago neighborhood, and its struggle against pollution. Parts one ,...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

The People VS the Bottom Line - BATTLE IN THE BARRIO part 3/4

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“Decisions regarding whether or not to proceed with the above projects or other approaches to compliance remain subject to a number of...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

Visualization - Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood struggles with pollution

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The Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago faces unique challenges in terms of environment and health. It retains some of its manufacturing base fr...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Old Problems, New Attention - BATTLE IN THE BARRIO part 2/4

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The Fisk Generating Station, Pilsen, Chicago. “I have a hard time believing if these plants were located on the north side of the cit...
Monday, August 22, 2011

Four Sisters, One Rare Disorder - BATTLE IN THE BARRIO part 1/4

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From left: Lizette, Martha and Gloria Herrera, outside their family home in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. After a lifetime of livi...