Pachuco Brown

Disclaimer: thoughts and posts are my own

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

Chinatown and Bridgeport residents are fighting against a proposed Amtrak facility they say could have significant environmental consequences for their communities. https://t.co/YhLzac2JCy

[WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw]

Southeast Side residents have complained of foul odors for years, the smell allegedly coming from Pullman Innovations.

Now a lawsuit filed against the vegetable oil plant says the smell also raises concerns over air pollution and health risks. https://t.co/OCaxYWNgGL

[Heather Cherone @HeatherCherone]

NEW: Chicago’s widespread use of tax increment finance districts caused property tax bills to soar during the last 40 years, but did little to spur economic growth in the parts of the city that needed it most, according to a new study. @wttw https://t.co/fHWd3YySd5

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

Pullman Innovations was featured in a Sun-Times investigation that found citations did little to thwart polluters across Chicago. Inspectors described the facility as having a “very strong odor that could best be described as rotting fish/decay of flesh.” https://t.co/4nPG45OPFb

[Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican]

Wellness Wire: More than 18,000 New Mexicans have lost SNAP benefits since last year's passage of a major Republican tax and spending bill overhauling the federal food aid program. About 55% of the people kicked off the program are children. https://t.co/EGaFI9m4V3

[WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw]

The American Lung Association ranks the Chicago-Naperville area’s air pollution as one of the worst in the country. Open Air Chicago hopes to help change that ranking and protect Chicago residents, especially those on the South and West sides.https://t.co/4WI1AL9GJY

[WBEZ @WBEZ]

The massive system of tunnels and reservoirs was built to contain Chicago’s flood water. After more than 8 inches of rain over the past 30 days, the system is nearing capacity. https://t.co/DMLicAxtvn

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

Michael Tadin Jr. built an “unauthorized” parking lot without submitting a plan to manage stormwater, city says. https://t.co/yujyYEpwmL

[Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican]

A controversial data center development planned near New Mexico’s southern border has hit a roadblock in its plan to build a miles-long pipeline to bring natural gas to the facility. https://t.co/XLSOqxyOzH

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The EPA is allowing coal-burning power plants to release more heavy metals like mercury, a powerful neurotoxin linked to brain damage. https://t.co/PPrzUMGiWv

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

Because they're grandfathered in under an old law, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and ex-Ald. Edward Burke can collectively pocket nearly $4 million and use it for virtually anything they want, so long as they pay income taxes. https://t.co/KW6iIiAovM

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

Fares will be collected under a unified system managed by a new, stronger Northern Illinois Transportation Authority. https://t.co/lCk54F9TJC

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

DePaul University announced Monday that it’s laid off 114 staff members to address a budget shortfall caused by rising costs and a significant drop in enrollment among international graduate students. https://t.co/BJ5dHq6mRU

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

A. Finkl & Sons, a Chicago steelmaker, agreed to add pollution controls and pay Illinois $125,000 to settle accusations of releasing excessive harmful gas in violation of environmental laws. https://t.co/nFNbgDqJsJ

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

The state’s top environmental official says the feds stopped oversight of the cleanup of an oily mess in a Chicago waterway before the job was done. https://t.co/KIhiSoBigh

[PBS News @NewsHour]

The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.

The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

The enormous tank, called a biodigester, has transformed a previously contaminated South Side lot.
https://t.co/HZwLZ15LUa

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

After the Army Corps abandoned a lakefront dump expansion, the city has committed to replacing it with a park. https://t.co/WIeMOJ3I1X

[Gregory Royal Pratt @royalpratt]

Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. https://t.co/Tpkxe61ohq

[Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican]

The Trump administration is considering reopening federal lands around Chaco Canyon to mineral development, the New Mexico congressional delegation is reporting. https://t.co/7Rle1p9LKl