Brett Chase
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Environmental journalist for @Suntimes. Member of @IRE_NICAR
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Joined December 2008
RT @Suntimes: Chicago has the highest number of lead water service lines in the nation. WBEZ, Grist and Inside Climate News analyzed city d….
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Lead water service lines are all over the city. But majority Black and Latino neighborhoods bear the biggest burden, our analysis finds.
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RT @Suntimes: ICE agents and possibly National Guard troops would operate out of a naval base in the suburbs next month as part of Presiden….
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Federal agents would operate out of Naval Station Great Lakes near North Chicago through September, according to an email from a Navy captain who said there were "a lot of concerns and questions"...
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RT @Suntimes: The rapid growth of data centers is raising a new concern: Depletion of drinking water supplies across the Midwest. https://t….
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Large data centers working on artificial intelligence that need water for cooling could drain area water supplies, a Great Lakes advocacy group warns.
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Trump elimina contratos sindicales para trabajadores de la EPA en Chicago
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Críticos lo llaman destrucción de sindicatos. Un líder laboral local dice que la acción del presidente pone en riesgo la salud pública y las protecciones ambientales.
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RT @Suntimes: Chicago is racing to put up 277 air-pollution sensors by the end of summer as city officials try to get a handle on the poor….
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The city is racing to put up 277 sensors. Once installed, Chicago will have the most high-quality air monitors in the country, a model that rivals only London, which has more than 400.
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RT @insideclimate: In its proposal to repeal the EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration included language des….
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The Trump administration included language in its proposal designed to head off new state rules and lawsuits. But legal experts predict years of battle ahead.
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RT @Suntimes: Trump killed union contracts for Chicago EPA workers on Tuesday. This is allowed, the president declared, because agencies, s….
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Critics call it union-busting. A local labor leader says the president’s action puts public health and environmental protections at risk.
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I've spent the past several years covering two federal civil rights complaints in Chicago. Both affect vulnerable people and communities. Yesterday, Trump upended both of them, saying they aren't "real concerns."
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HUD will stop monitoring a civil rights agreement over the General Iron matter and dropped a case alleging City Council members blocked affordable housing using "aldermanic prerogative" veto power.
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RT @Suntimes: A Chicago alderperson is calling on the city to force ComEd to the bargaining table and demand relief for electric customers….
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The utility is operating under an expired power-service agreement. That could provide leverage to get more money for people struggling to pay their electric bills, Ald. Gilbert Villegas says.
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RT @Suntimes: Saying it wants to focus on “real concerns” around fair housing, President Donald Trump’s administration is dropping two long….
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HUD will stop monitoring a civil rights agreement over the General Iron matter and dropped a case alleging City Council members blocked affordable housing using "aldermanic prerogative" veto power.
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HUGE NEWS: Trump reverses two big federal discrimination cases in Chicago.
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HUD will stop monitoring a civil rights agreement over the General Iron matter and dropped a case alleging City Council members blocked affordable housing using "aldermanic prerogative" veto power.
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The NAACP and dozens of civil rights and housing advocates accuse Trump's HUD of harming Chicago communities.
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The NAACP and others fear the Trump administration will dismiss key discrimination cases, including one involving scrap metal operation General Iron.
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RT @insideclimate: New Michigan data center plans are on the verge of triggering an “offramp” in the state’s nation-leading climate laws th….
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New Michigan data center plans are on the verge of triggering an “offramp” in the state’s nation-leading climate laws that would effectively halt the shift to renewables less than two years after the...
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RT @insideclimate: When they were signed into law in 2019, New York’s climate targets were ambitious. Now, it seems, they were also unreali….
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As progress stalls, disadvantaged communities continue to struggle with high utility bills.
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Acusan al Departamento de Vivienda de poner en peligro a las comunidades de Chicago
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La NAACP y otras organizaciones temen que la administración de Trump desestime casos clave de discriminación, incluyendo uno relacionado con la empresa de chatarra General Iron.
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RT @Suntimes: DuSable Lake Shore Drive could be sunken and capped-over to improve pedestrian access between Buckingham Fountain and the lak….
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DuSable Lake Shore Drive could be sunken and capped-over to improve pedestrian access between Buckingham Fountain and the lake under the Grant Park Framework Plan now being developed.
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RT @sfornek: “Civil rights, housing advocates accuse HUD of ‘imperiling’ Chicago communities.”.@brettchase reports.
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The NAACP and others fear the Trump administration will dismiss key discrimination cases, including one involving scrap metal operation General Iron.
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How are data centers and AI driving up your electric bills? I went on @wbez Reset to explain.
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Data centers help run artificial intelligence models, but also consume energy at a rate equivalent to thousands of households. The increase in data centers in Illinois has contributed to a recent...
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RT @Suntimes: Bronzeville’s historic First Church of Deliverance has been awarded a $150,000 grant that will support its first complete pre….
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The $150,000 grant will help the 86-year-old Bronzeville church — a popular spot on architecture tours — develop its first comprehensive preservation plan.
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Facturas de ComEd se mantendrán altas porque la inteligencia artificial y centros de datos drenan la energía
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Los consumidores de electricidad no tienen respiro, ya que la demanda de las grandes tecnológicas aumenta los costos.
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