Chicago Mayor Unveils Reforms to Fight Environmental Racism [insideclimatenews.org]
Environmental activists protest outside City Hall in June. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file photo) By Brett Chase, Inside Climate News, September 19, 2023 Promising to end the practice of piling on more environmental burdens to the same South and West Side communities, Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a series of reforms aimed at changing city practices after federal investigators last year determined Chicago violates the civil rights of its residents by concentrating polluting businesses in...