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

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

The Daily Northwestern


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Evanston climate community reconnects, plans for future together

January 30, 2023

Evanston and Citizens’ Greener Evanston brought together about 30 local organizations Saturday to reconnect the Evanston climate community.  The Reconvening on Climate Action and Resilience meeting...

Everything Evanston: City Council Rapid Recap talks ARPA funding and cashless business ban

Everything Evanston: City Council Rapid Recap talks ARPA funding and cashless business ban

January 26, 2023

This week, Everything Evanston’s Rapid Recap of City Council includes discussions of ARPA funding and a new ordinance banning cashless businesses. We also dive into a story on the new environmental justice...

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After years of delay, Evanston moves forward with environmental justice investigation

January 20, 2023

Janet Alexander Davis, an Evanston resident of 80 years, lived much of her life wondering why her neighborhood always seemed to smell.  A few years ago, she discovered the source: the Church Street...

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Local activism plays key role in Evanston’s climate leadership, student thesis shows

September 25, 2022

Evanston’s history of community involvement in climate activism transformed the city into an environmental leader, according to Jack Jordan’s (Weinberg ’22) honors thesis.  The American Studies...

A red and a gray car are hooked up to an electric vehicle charging station inside a parking garage.

‘It’s an act of violence on our communities’: Advocates push for more equitable construction of electric vehicle charging stations

February 11, 2022

In Little Village, residents inhale toxic air pollution with one of the highest rates of diesel particulate matter in the state. That particulate matter leads to asthma, lung cancer and other respiratory...

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