Brett Chase

Assistant editor/reporter, environment
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Brett Chase reports on environmental protection, pollution and public health. He is a former investigative reporter for the Better Government Association, and, before that, worked at Bloomberg News, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Crain’s Chicago Business. He has a journalism degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and has taught journalism at Loyola University in Chicago.

Latest from Brett Chase

La Municipalidad siempre está trabajando para que Pullman Innovations cumpla con las normas, “pero nunca lo logran”, informó un grupo ambiental. El olor es “insoportable”, dijo el concejal del distrito 10.
Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially save lives.
The city is always working to bring Pullman Innovations into compliance, “but they never get there,” one environmental group reported. The smell is “unbearable,” the 10th Ward alderperson said.
HUD accused Chicago of violating residents’ civil rights by allowing City Council members to use their veto power to block low-income housing.
Los preservacionistas y una organización comunitaria dicen que un parque público y un sitio para festivales de música es una idea que vale la pena seguir, pero la demolición de las estructuras parece inminente.
Preservationists and a community organization say a public park and musical festival site is an idea worth pursuing, but demolition of the structures appears imminent.
A June 27 public meeting is set to discuss the demolition plans for the more than century-old grain silos on the city’s Lower West Side.
Los costos de electricidad están aumentando debido a la mayor demanda de energía en todo el país, relacionado en gran parte con los centros de datos y la inteligencia artificial.
It’s been a slow return to seven days, and the Chicago Park District’s pool season will be short this year, ending just before Chicago Public Schools students return Aug. 18.
Electricity costs are climbing due to increased power demand across the country, largely related to data centers and artificial intelligence.