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Beyond Chicago’s Sustainable Square Mile
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Blacks In Green Imagines More ‘Sustainable Square Miles’ in Chicago
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New Discount Rate System a ‘Game Changer’ For Chicagoans Struggling With Heating Bills, Advocates Say
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Emmett Till-inspired Art Installation Marks Start of Work to Restore His Former Chicago Home
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Jeff Bezos Is Spending US$400 Million to Make Underserved Communities Greener
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Emmett Till Remembered in Chicago Ahead of What Would Have Been 82nd Birthday
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Emmett Till Home Renovations Kick Off Sunday
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Working Toward Environmental Justice: A Voices Crossover
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Chicago’s »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ Gets a Major Boost From a $10 Million EPA Grant
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Biden-Harris Administration Selects »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and Advance Environmental Justice
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Advocates Call On Regulators To Reject Natural Gas Rate Increases
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Naomi Davis Asks Woodlawn To Put Its Faith in G.O.D.: Garden-Oriented Development
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How Trees Contribute To a Community's Wealth and Well-being
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The ‘Queen of Green,’ Naomi Davis Launches Initiative
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How Earth Day Can Be a Call For Action in the Black Community
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Purchase of Emmett Till House by Nonprofit ‘More Than a Real Estate Transaction’
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New Initiative Aims to Bring Solar Energy, Jobs to Chicago’s South Side
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PRESS RELEASES

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»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ Selected for Funding to Deploy $9.9 Million Dollar Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Initiative in its 2nd Year
Illinois Finance Authority Approves Vital Loan, Raising Financing to $2.9M for Pre-development of GEJC’s 9MW Community Solar Projects
»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ Celebrates $100K Gift from ADT and Launches Foundational Relationship
Co-op Founded by »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ Wins Unprecedented Solar Development Award from State of Illinois
Campaign to End Energy Poverty Celebrates a Win for Energy Affordability in Illinois
New Website Helps People Have a Voice in Energy Decisions That Affect Their Lives, Communities
»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ Launches New Art Installation and Till House Museum Groundbreaking Ceremony at Emmett Till Birthday Celebration
»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ Receives $1.5 Million Inaugural Grant from the Bezos Earth Fund for Urban Greening
Advocates Issue Call to Utilities to Negotiate in Light of Illinois Utility Affordability Crisis
Biden-Harris Administration Selects »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center with $10M Grant to Advance Environmental Justice
Coalition of Consumer Rights, Environmental, Community-Based Groups Propose the People’s Utility Rate Relief Act

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