Residents, Alders Call For Action After Reports Show City Failed to Protect Neighborhoods from Industrial Pollution

Lightfoot Stalls on Ordinance Pertaining to Building Decarbonization, Community Organizations Respond as Heating Bills Skyrocket

As railroad workers find themselves in the crossroads of months-long negotiations over better working conditions and paid time off, CEJN stands in solidarity with them

Activists Urge City to Dismantle “Zombie” Southeast Side General Iron Facility in Addition to North Side Location

Southeast Side Environmental Activists Speak Out Against Proposed Mining Operation 

Groups Shut Out of Process to Call on Pritzker Administration to Suspend Sale of Damen Silos

Residents Want the Pritzker Administration to Delay the Sale of Damen Silos after Rushed Process Without Community Input

Lightfoot Administration to Enter into Settlement Discussions with HUD over Environmental Racism Dispute

Environmental Justice Groups Welcome City of Chicago Report on Building Decarbonization, Advocate for Creation of Accountability Board

Millions in Federal Housing Funds Jeopardized by Racist Policies say Housing and Enviro Groups

Little Village Residents Say City’s Neglect Led to Tragedy from Hilco Implosion

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Releases Findings of Environmentally Racist Practices by the City of Chicago

800 Days After Botched Implosion in Little Village; Residents, Community Orgs and Ald. Rodriguez Call for Full Report Release

Chicago’s McKinley Park Residents to Host Their Own Public Hearing Responding to $500 Million Dollar City Contract Bid from Controversial Asphalt Plant

Educators in Chicago’s Southeast Side Demand New School Building After Ceiling Partially Collapses in their High School

Advocates Urge Lightfoot to Rethink $188 Environmental Investments That Do Little to Address Sacrifice Zones