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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Three smokestacks with billows of smoke, in front of a city skyline’s silhouette, backed by a sky of red/orange hues.

COVID-19 impacts on air pollution: Northwestern, Evanston communities debate path forward to addressing climate change

March 10, 2021

Contrary to initial reports suggesting the region’s air quality went largely unaffected during the nation’s COVID-19 lockdowns, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency survey data indicates air quality...

Kumar Jensen in a black shirt sitting in a chair.

Emphasizing climate-friendly buildings, City Council accepts CARP update

February 23, 2021

Climate-friendly buildings and workforce development were on the table Monday in an update on the Climate Action and Resilience Plan’s implementation that City Council voted to accept and file. Council...

Activists convened at an EPL panel to discuss the action Evanston must take to meet the climate and environmental goals set out in CARP and the Environmental Justice Resolution.

Evanston activists convene to discuss the climate crisis and local action

January 14, 2021

Local environmental leaders discussed climate action and environmental justice at “Climate Crisis: Here and Now,” a virtual Wednesday panel hosted by the Evanston Public Library. On the panel, representatives...

Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) speaks at a city council meeting. Revelle called the CARP implementation strategies “ambitious”

Evanston proposes two-year climate action plan implementation strategy

March 4, 2019

City staff proposed a two-year implementation strategy for the Climate Action and Resilience Plan at the Human Services Committee meeting Monday. The implementation strategy would carry through 2020,...

Ald. Robin Rue Simmons at a City Council meeting Monday. Rue Simmons wants to put policy behind CARP and garner support from Evanston’s business and service community for the plan.

Evanston plan to combat climate change emphasizes equity

February 13, 2019

In its new Climate Action and Resilience Plan, Evanston seeks to use an “equity-centered lens” to help residents overcome barriers to achieving climate change objectives. As one of the plan’s...

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