Just south of Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, there’s a lovely promenade of trees in a noisy, busy part of the part. It seems like an unlikely spot to find a species endangered in Illinois.
Patricia Saldaña Natke wants to rethink Pilsen’s industrial heritage. Where others see abandoned buildings and an unused railroad, she sees a linear park and a textile incubator.
Although county lines parcel out the southern shore of Lake Michigan like garden plots, the environmental issues that unify people from Michigan City, Ind. to Chicago do not respect political boundaries.
In the relative hotbed of biodiversity that is the northern Illinois-Indiana border, it only takes a couple of faithful stewards to keep the aromatic invader at bay.
Comparing the 'global warming potential' of methane to carbon dioxide isn't quite apples and oranges, but it does cause confusion in the debate about natural gas.
