Environment

January 16, 2025

All of Chicagoโ€™s Municipal Buildings Are Now Powered by 100% Renewable Energy

Each year, approximately 700,000 megawatt hours of electricity are expended to power Chicagoโ€™s 411 municipal buildings. The beginning of 2025, however, signaled a major milestone in the cityโ€™s efforts toward increased sustainability. As of January 1, all buildings owned and operated by the city are officially powered by 100% renewable energy, including Oโ€™Hare International Airport, Harold Washington Library, 98 fire stations, and two of the worldโ€™s largest water treatment facilities.

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January 9, 2025

As Los Angeles Battles Its Worst Wildfires in History, Hereโ€™s How You Can Help

Embed from Getty Images A series of devastating wildfires has swept Los Angeles, causing mass evacuations and burning more than 2,000 structures. Exacerbated by the Santa Ana winds, five separate fires have burned thousands of acres across Greater Los Angeles. Many homeowners watched helplessly as their homes were lost, often seeing and posting footage of the destruction captured on home security cameras. The Pacific Palisades was particularly hard hit.

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December 6, 2024

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Drops by Over 30%, Dropping to a 9-Year Low

There's some good news to celebrate in regards to the global environment. According to data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has dropped by 30.6% in comparison to the previous year, making it the lowest level in nine years. Only 6,288 square kilometers (about 2,428 square miles) of forest was destroyed.

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November 19, 2024

Indigenous Group Submerges Large-Scale Images of G20 Leadersโ€™ Heads in Climate Protest

Ahead of the G20 summit in Brazil, the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) held a peaceful protest in Rio de Janeiro that denounced the world's leading nations for their lack of effort in combating climate change. As part of this protest, they sank cutouts of the heads of these leaders in the water in front of Sugarloaf Mountain.

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