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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


Organization representatives at Wednesday’s coordination meeting for the Climate Action and Resilience Plan. City staff held the meeting so Evanston organizations could come together and discuss possible collaborations to further CARP-related objectives.

Evanston organizations lay groundwork for carrying out CARP goals

November 7, 2019

Evanston city staff and organizations on Wednesday laid the groundwork for coordination on the city’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan. City Council passed CARP, Evanston’s comprehensive guide...

Lake Michigan. The city praised the success of outreach in its climate action plan.

City praises outreach as major success of CARP

October 30, 2019

In December 2018, Evanston City Council passed the Climate Action and Resilience Plan, Evanston’s response to climate change as the Great Lakes region grows more sensitive to a changing environment. Almost...

The City of Evanston’s Environment Board. Board members discuss the implementation of a recently enacted climate action plan.

Evanston environmental board discusses implementing climate action plan

May 10, 2019

The City of Evanston’s Environment Board on Thursday discussed the continued implementation of the city’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan. First initiated by Mayor Steve Hagerty, CARP is a climate...

Lake Michigan. Average temperature has risen 1.4 degrees Farenheit in the Great Lakes region, higher than the 1.2 degree change across the contiguous United States.

Great Lakes states see rise in average temperature, report says, posing risk to vulnerable populations

April 24, 2019

States in the Great Lakes region have experienced an increase of 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit during the period from 1985-2016, relative to 1901-1960, according to a recent report from the Environmental Law...

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,...

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