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Hard to Swallow Chicago will levy bottled-water tax, Big Bottle plans to sue		27 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 12:04 PM on 27 Dec 2007 Beginning Jan. 1, Chicago will levy a 5-cent tax on bottled water; shortly after it goes into effect, an alliance of food and beverage retailer associations plans to sue. From the Archives Mamma Mia! Italian village first host to outbreak of spreading tropical disease. Those Dental Bills Will Kill You. Health officials concerned about mercury pollution from cre ...
Topics: business, Chicago, food, litigation, news, water conflicts (all these topics)

The Only Thing We Have to Sears Is Sears Itself Clinton, Daley to green Sears Tower, other Chicago landmarks		08 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 8:42 AM on 08 Nov 2007 The tallest building in North America is officially going green, along with a few of its Windy City counterparts. At a green building expo in Chicago yesterday, former President Bill Clinton and eterna-Mayor Richard Daley announced a partnership to retrofit landmarks including the Sears Tower and the Merchandise Mart, the nation's largest commercial cente ...
Topics: Chicago, climate, energy, green building, placemaking (all these topics)

'The ABCs of rainforest destruction' Raising a ruckus about agrofuels at the Chicago Board of Trade	Tom Philpott	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, business, Chicago, grassroots activism, industrial ag (all these topics)

Bottled Rage Anti-bottled-water campaign kicks off in cities across U.S.		10 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:51 PM on 10 Oct 2007 A Think Outside the Bottle campaign kicked off today, urging municipal governments to cut off bottled-water contracts and to press for greater disclosure of the source of bottled H2O. The campaign is spearheaded by Corporate Accountability International and joined by cities including Boston, Minneapolis, Sacramento, and Portland, Ore., many of which held taste tests today to see if consumer ...
Topics: Boston, Chicago, food, news, Portland, water conflicts (all these topics)

Marathon meltdown A first-hand view from Chicago's overheated marathon	Grist	09 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: severe weather, Chicago, sports (all these topics)

Victory, with a catch BP promises to stop dumping waste into the Great Lakes	Jon Rynn	24 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: business, Chicago, energy, George Bush, Indiana, oil, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

Back to Mystery Meat Organic-lunch project pulled out of Chicago elementary school		20 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Back to Mystery Meat Organic-lunch project pulled out of Chicago elementary school A school-lunch chef has pulled his Organic School Project out of a Chicago elementary school after district officials balked at his plans to expand the program to more schools. The first and only organic meal program in the nation's third-largest school district had also provided Alcott Elementary with a pesticide-free garden, wellness classes, a ...
Topics: Chicago, news, organic food (all these topics)

Chicago-style Mad Flavor: I heart Lula In which the author finds his dream neighorhood restaurant	Tom Philpott	16 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Chicago, food, placemaking (all these topics)

Hi from YearlyKos	David Roberts	03 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Chicago (all these topics)

Spaghetti Midwestern Citizens, politicians, EPA face off over BP refinery discharges		01 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Spaghetti Midwestern Citizens, politicians, EPA face off over BP refinery discharges Good old-fashioned fury continues to build over Indiana's decision to grant oil giant BP permission to increase discharges of ammonia and sludge into Lake Michigan. A group of eight shoreline mayors has formed a task force to fight the plan. Tens of thousands of residents have signed petiti ...
Topics: Big Oil, Chicago, grassroots activism, insanity, news, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Grist goes to Yearly Kos Come catch the hotness!	David Roberts	01 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Chicago, shameless self-promotion, websites (all these topics)

BP means 'bad pollution' for the Great Lakes It's easy being not green	Jon Rynn	20 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: business, Chicago, oil, toxics, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

15 Green Cities		19 Jul 2007	Main Dish
These metropolises aren't literally the greenest places on earth -- they're not necessarily dense with foliage, for one, and some still have a long way to go down the path to sustainability. But all of the cities on this list deserve recognition for making impressive strides toward eco-friendliness, helping their many millions of residents live better, greener lives. If your favorite green city didn't make the list, tell us why it deserves recognition in the comment ...
Topics: Chicago, lists, London, placemaking, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, urban planning, Vancouver (all these topics)

Music to Our Ears Music festivals across the country aim to lessen their footprint	Sarah van Schagen	03 Jul 2007	Arts and Minds
Bonnaroo 2006. Photo: Sarah van Schagen. � I'm sitting in the middle of a field in rural Tennessee, and it feels like it's got to be 110 degrees out. Somehow I've forgotten about my sweat-lined brow and muddy shoes; instead, I'm focused on listening to Bonnaroo's head press guy, Ken Weinstein of Big Hassle Media, talk about the music festival's ongoing efforts to put on a greener ...
Topics: Bonnaroo, Chicago, green living, music, Seattle (all these topics)

Lists A couple	David Roberts	18 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: cars, Chicago, energy, green living, placemaking, Portland, renewable energy, San Francisco, Seattle (all these topics)

'Hood Intentions LEED is expanding to neighborhoods, and Doug Farr is leading the way	Charles Shaw	12 Oct 2006	Main Dish
Doug Farr was heading into The Grind, a local fair-trade coffee spot in Chicago's swanky Lincoln Square neighborhood, when he ran into Peter Nicholson, the organizer of the city's monthly Green Drinks. The two well-heeled unofficial flag-wavers for the local green scene exchanged enthusiastic greetings, and began discussing the latest goings-on. Doug Farr. "Ugh. I'm really over ...
Topics: Chicago, consumerism, green living, greening biz operations, innovation, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

Green Bean counting	Payton Chung	14 Aug 2006	Gristmill

Topics: Chicago (all these topics)

Where does your gas come from?	Payton Chung	31 Jul 2006	Gristmill

Topics: Chicago (all these topics)

NY Times headlines Chicago as "green business"	Payton Chung	21 Jun 2006	Gristmill

Topics: Chicago (all these topics)

Cities are cool	Clark Williams-Derry	03 May 2006	Gristmill

Topics: Chicago, San Francisco (all these topics)

Edens Lost & Found	David Roberts	07 Apr 2006	Gristmill

Topics: Chicago, Seattle (all these topics)

New American dream towns	David Roberts	27 Dec 2005	Gristmill

Topics: Chicago, Portland (all these topics)

Central Dark New York City dims skyscraper lights to help save birds		22 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Central Dark New York City dims skyscraper lights to help save birds Love cities? Love birds? Wish the former would stop killing the latter? Audubon wants to help. Its "Lights Out New York" effort is encouraging Big Apple building owners to turn lights down or off above the 40th floor, from midnight to daylight, during spring and fall migrations. Not only will dimming prevent light-mesmerize ...
Topics: animal welfare, Chicago, New York, news, placemaking (all these topics)

LED stoplights, solar-powered camera, action! Mayors meet at that other Sundance for greener cities	Andy Brett	14 Jul 2005	Gristmill

Topics: Chicago, Seattle (all these topics)

A win for Kyoto cities plan U.S. mayors unanimously endorse climate-protection resolution	Lisa Hymas	14 Jun 2005	Gristmill

Topics: Chicago, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, Seattle (all these topics)

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