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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
Mayors from over 45 cities met this week in Sundance -- Sundance, Utah, that is -- to brainstorm on ways to make their cities greener and build on the momentum created by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels' recent initiative to cut cities' greenhouse emissions, which he discussed with Amanda Griscom Little in Grist. The Sundance Summit gathered mayors from some of the 'usual suspects' (Seattle, Burlington, Berkeley) as well as some not-so-usual suspects (Des Moines, D.C., Pittsb ...
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
The nation's mayors have thrown their weight behind Kyoto (and thereby thumbed their noses at Dubyah). At the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Chicago yesterday, municipal leaders unanimously endorsed a resolution calling on U.S. cities to meet or beat the protocol's emissions-reduction targets. Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels spearheaded the resolution, as well as a more specific campaign that's gotten 164 cities (so far) to commit to taking steps to protect the climate. ...
Topics: Chicago, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, Seattle (all these topics)

Sick Transit Gloria Public transit in major cities on collision course with tight budgets		17 May 2005	Daily Grist
Sick Transit Gloria Public transit in major cities on collision course with tight budgets Flat or declining revenue and ridership, coupled with increased fuel costs, have left public transit systems in many major cities across the U.S. in financial trouble. Commuters in New York, D.C., Pittsburgh, and Boston have already seen boosted fares over the past few years. Philadelphia and San Francisco are considering similar measures, ...
Topics: Chicago, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Distributed generation	praktike	21 Apr 2005	Gristmill
Next American City has an informative piece about what cities like San Francisco and Chicago are doing to encourage distributed generation and solar power. I'm a little more skeptical than author Jeff Perlman about whether photovoltaics are indeed ready for prime time, but that's no reason not to experiment.
Topics: Chicago, San Francisco (all these topics)

Blown away	Katharine Wroth	24 Mar 2005	Gristmill
With a drop in recycling rates, Chicago is wondering: how come no one cares anymore? The city's 'blue bag' program, introduced in 1995, sells bags for recyclables that are collected alongside regular trash. Last year, 90,000 tons filtered through, compared to 126,000 in 2000. The Chicago Tribune reports that Mayor Richard Daley says it's not working because Chicagoans are apathetic. (Way to inspire 'em, Dick!) Critics, meanwhile, say the method is inconvenient, the ...
Topics: Chicago, recycling, waste (all these topics)

Slainte	Sarah van Schagen	17 Mar 2005	Gristmill
The Chicago River is a ripe shade of green right about now. The city is famous for its tradition of dyeing the river green for St. Patty's Day, a practice that began in 1962 when city pollution-control workers used dyes to track illegal sewage discharges and realized it could make for a fun holiday event. Although back in '62 they used some 100 pounds of green vegetable dye to do it -- which kept the river green for a week! -- the city now limits it to 40 pounds of ...
Topics: Chicago, holiday, water pollution (all these topics)

Killer Waves, Dude Researchers Predict Hotter, Longer Heat Waves		13 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Read more about: Chicago Killer Waves, Dude Researchers Predict Hotter, Longer Heat Waves So, having learned that we can meliorate climate change, we flip a few pages over in the latest issue of Science to find out what will happen if we don't -- and it isn't pretty. Scientists predict that heat waves in some parts of Europe and North America will be hotter, more frequent, and longer-lasting. The researchers, from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, focused their attention on Paris ( ...
Topics: Chicago (all these topics)

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Lights Out in Skyscrapers Can Save Birds		11 Jun 2004	Daily Grist
Read more about: Chicago Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Lights Out in Skyscrapers Can Save Birds Everyone knows that turning off the lights saves energy -- but did you know it can save birds too? Migratory birds are drawn to lights in skyscrapers, an attraction that too often causes them to crash into the buildings' plate-glass windows or die of exhaustion after flying confusedly around a light source. Chicago has set the bar for addressing the problem; about four years ago it launched a lights-out ...
Topics: Chicago (all these topics)

All That Jazz and Dredging		25 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
All That Jazz and Dredging The federal government has earmarked $370 million to clean up the waterways of East Chicago, one of the most polluted areas in the Great Lakes region -- and the town's citizens are unhappy about it. Local residents and environmental groups say the remediation solution proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is as hazardous to the community's health as the ori ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Great Lakes, health, Illinois (all these topics)

Climate Every Mountain		17 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Climate Every Mountain Move over, NASDAQ. Watch out, NYSE. Here comes the Chicago Climate Exchange, the nation's first greenhouse-gas trading program. Announced yesterday by a coalition of corporations and government entities including DuPont, Ford Motor Company, Motorola, and the city of Chicago, the exchange will permit companies to reduce (on paper, at least) their em ...
Topics: business, Chicago, climate, commercial and industry organizations, Illinois, ozone (all these topics)

The Magnificently Clean Mile?		20 Jun 2001	Daily Grist
Read more about: Chicago The Magnificently Clean Mile? Chicago officials say that within five years, at least 20 percent of electricity used by the city to power everything from public buildings to elevated trains will come from renewable sources like wind and solar power. City Environment Commissioner Bill Abolt said, "The competition Chicago is involved in is an international one to establish itself as the premier environmentally friendly city." Since Mayor Richard Daley (D) took o ...
Topics: Chicago (all these topics)

The Daley Planet		04 Apr 2000	Daily Grist
Read more about: Chicago The Daley Planet Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (D) last week made an unusual deal with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create new habitats in the city for migratory birds. In exchange for a $100,000 grant, Chicago will restore marshes south of the city, develop wildlife gardens along the shore of Lake Michigan, and take such simple steps as building birdhouses. Chicago and New Orleans are the first cities to sign on to a USFWS pilot program that aims to create urban ...
Topics: Chicago (all these topics)

Urban Bright		04 Aug 1999	Daily Grist
Urban Bright The Department of Energy wants to put solar panels on vacant, contaminated urban industrial sites, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson will announce today. The project will get underway in Chicago, where a solar panel manufacturer has agreed to set up shop on a 17-acre former dump site, and the city and local electric utility have agreed to buy $8 million worth of solar pa ...
Topics: Bill Richardson, Chicago, energy, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Greenery Is Chicago's Hope		24 May 1999	Daily Grist
Read more about: Chicago Greenery Is Chicago's Hope Chicago's environment department will plant rooftop gardens on a number of municipal buildings in an effort to reduce heat and pollution, and it will encourage private companies to do the same. Dark-roofed buildings and miles of pavement absorb the sun's heat and raise the city's temperature by as much as four to six degrees. The city's new effort, part of an EPA program, is designed to help cut down on the city's heat and thus on the electrici ...
Topics: Chicago (all these topics)

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