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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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As Evanston moves toward sustainability, local activists criticize slow pace of change

May 25, 2023

For many environmental activists in Evanston, their greatest priority involves meeting the goals set out in the Climate Action and Resilience Plan first approved by the city in 2018.   The plan calls...

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Evanston’s renewable energy powers homes in other states. Are new solutions local?

November 21, 2022

Evanston aims to become carbon neutral by 2050 — a goal that’s earned the city accolades as it navigates rising lake levels, extreme temperatures and insufficient infrastructure. To achieve carbon...

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CARP Implementation Task Force talks environmental justice, ARPA funding

October 17, 2021

Ahead of Monday’s City Council meeting and with a potential heap of federal pandemic relief funding on the table, Evanston’s environmental advocacy task force discussed Wednesday how to allocate budget...

Hal Sprague, the president of Citizens’ Greener Evanston. Sprague spoke at the Tuesday meeting of Evanston’s City-School Liaison Committee in favor of more committed climate-conscious actions from the city and school districts.

Evanston residents call for climate action at City-School Liaison Committee meeting

November 20, 2019

Evanston community members on Tuesday called on the city and school district to make sustainability and climate education an integral part of their agenda in the coming years. Residents said they saw...

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