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Highly anticipated Cal-Sag Trail Connects Southland to Waterways

Officials unveiled the first half of a long-awaited trail that will connect Southland communities seeking recreation along the Cal-Sag Channel. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) joined federal, state and local officials to open the west segment of the Cal-Sag Trail, extending 13 miles from Lemont to Alsip. The MWRD dedicated half

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Inside the War on Coal

The Southeast Environmental Task Force joined the Sierra Club in their Beyond Coal campaign. Guest story via Politico: How Mike Bloomberg, red-state businesses, and a lot of Midwestern lawyers are changing American energy faster than you think. By Michael Grunwald The war on coal is not just political rhetoric, or a paranoid fantasy concocted by

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SETF Summer Tours of Chicago’s South Side

Chicago’s first sustainability BA program From: Sustainability Studies @ Roosevelt University SETF Summer Tours of Chicago’s South Side Posted onMay 12, 2015 by rusust This summer, the Southeast Environmental Task Force is offering several public tours of the environmental sites of interest on Chicago’s South Side that offer a close-up view of wastewater treatment systems, landfill

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Taking Flight:

Taking Flight: Birding Hot Spots in Millennium Reserve Walter Marcisz walks quietly through Indian Ridge Marsh at 122nd Street and Torrence Avenue in Chicago. Suddenly, he stops and puts down a small, portable telescope through which he sees a striking scene in the marsh: three different species of ducks are swimming side-by-side. Not far from them

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