Shared Struggle Strengthens Environmental Movement
Crawford Power Plant Demolition and Fallout
‘This is how you do it right’
MAT Asphalt (a hot mix asphalt plant) operates in the McKinley Park neighborhood steps away from a school and across the street from a 69-acre park. Credit: Anthony Moser
MEDIA ADVISORY AND DAYBOOK ITEM FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 2023
Residents, Alders Call For Action After Reports Show City Failed to Protect Neighborhoods from Industrial Pollution
Statement on Delay of Building Decarbonization Ordinance
Lightfoot Stalls on Ordinance Pertaining to Building Decarbonization, Community Organizations Respond as Heating Bills Skyrocket
CEJN Stands in Solidarity with Railroad Workers
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
Southeast Side Group Statement on “Zombie” General Iron Facility
Activists Urge City to Dismantle “Zombie” Southeast Side General Iron Facility in Addition to North Side Location
MEDIA ADVISORY AND DAYBOOK ITEM FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16, 2022
Southeast Side Environmental Activists Speak Out Against Proposed Mining Operation
MEDIA ADVISORY AND DAYBOOK ITEM FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16, 2022
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
City of Chicago Enters Negotiations with HUD
Lightfoot Administration to Enter into Settlement Discussions with HUD over Environmental Racism Dispute
CEJN Statement on Building Decarbonization Report
Environmental Justice Groups Welcome City of Chicago Report on Building Decarbonization, Advocate for Creation of Accountability Board
MEDIA ADVISORY AND DAYBOOK ITEM FOR WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 2022
Millions in Federal Housing Funds Jeopardized by Racist Policies say Housing and Enviro Groups
MEDIA ADVISORY AND DAYBOOK ITEM FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2022
Little Village Residents Say City’s Neglect Led to Tragedy from Hilco Implosion
STATEMENT ON HUD DECISION Tuesday, July 20
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Releases Findings of Environmentally Racist Practices by the City of Chicago
MEDIA ADVISORY AND DAYBOOK ITEM FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2022
800 Days After Botched Implosion in Little Village; Residents, Community Orgs and Ald. Rodriguez Call for Full Report Release
MEDIA ADVISORY AND DAYBOOK ITEM FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022
Chicago’s McKinley Park Residents to Host Their Own Public Hearing Responding to $500 Million Dollar City Contract Bid from Controversial Asphalt Plant
MEDIA ADVISORY AND DAYBOOK ITEM FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022
Educators in Chicago’s Southeast Side Demand New School Building After Ceiling Partially Collapses in their High School
MEDIA ADVISORY AND DAYBOOK ITEM FOR WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2022
Advocates Urge Lightfoot to Rethink $188 Environmental Investments That Do Little to Address Sacrifice Zones