Connecticut Dentist Goes Green
From solar panels to non-toxic x-rays, from high efficiency lights to safeer cleaning supplies, one dentist has opened a green office to reduce the carbon output and help his patients relax.
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Cesspool No More, Connecticut River Returned to Former, Cleaner Self
Once swollen with sewerage and industrial waste, the Connecticut River has improved steadily over the past two decades with sharply reduced levels of pollution.
The Secret Mall Gardens of Cleveland
Under its towering glass atrium, a shopping mall in Cleveland is alive with fresh food still on the vine -- cucumbers, lettuce and herbs are growing, with strawberries and tomatoes on the way. It's just one of many Cleveland-based projects, a grand plan that includes transforming malls into greenhouses and farmers markets.
Falcons Soar Off Endangered List With Irony, From Nests in City Skyscrapers
After nearly becoming extinct in North America due to pesticides, the fastest species on earth is rebounding, thanks to humans and modern skyscrapers.
Chicago Unveils Most Ambitious Bike Plan in US
Chicago has unveiled its new Bike 2015 Plan, designed to achieve the mayor's goal to make the Windy City the most bicycle-friendly city in the United States. Work has already begun on 75 of the plan’s 150 strategies, including Constructing 10 miles of new bikeways in 2006, to help reach the plan’s goal of a 500-mile bikeway network by 2015.
'World's Largest Warhol' to Decorate Dome Roof
Tacoma, Washington wants to give its old gray dome a facelift -- possibly by turning the arena's 5-acre roof into an Andy Warhol painting.
Chicago Outlines Climate Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases
Chicago became another in a long list of U.S. cities taking the lead in the fight against climate change. On Thursday, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley unveiled a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 — and continue to cut even faster beyond that. "I believe that when […]
Chicago Charter Schools Defy Expectation for Poor Students
An inner city public high school consisting of poor students -- mostly immigrants -- has become a remarkable example of what a school can do. One hundred percent of the students graduate, and almost all go to some of the nation's top colleges.
Chicago Murder Rate Drops 11 Percent This Year
Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis on Friday hailed an 11 percent drop in homicides and a 9 percent dip in all crimes during the first seven months of 2009 as a "very encouraging" sign that his department's strategies are working.
In Chicago, Staying After School is Cool
Chicago's first lady, Maggie Daley, created an after school program two decades ago that serves 25,000 kids, enrolling them in programs of art, dance, sports, science and video to keep them out of trouble and learning.
Protesting Chicago Moms Prove Love's Power to Win Justice
Families in a largely Mexican-American, working class community are fighting to defend an old building on the grounds of Whittier Elementary School from a planned demolition. Instead, they want the city to use the building, adding a library there for the school students, who have none currently. They have occupied the building for 37 days, and begun a lending library on their own, using 1,000 books donated from around the city.
Chicago Anti-gang Efforts Tame Street Violence
Chicago's overall crime rate fell last year to a level not seen since 1972, and the number of shooting incidents involving victims 16 and younger dropped 40 percent in 12 months, city officials say.