U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Downers Grove) is among a group of 14 Democratic lawmakers now attending the United Nations Climate Conference in Madrid, which critics argue is an unnecessarily costly and somewhat hypocritical endeavor.
The Chicago Tribune distorted EPA findings of ethylene oxide (EO) emissions from Sterigenics to fit a predetermined conclusion concerning the level of danger from the plant, according to Rich Trzupek, a Heartland Institute policy advisor on the environment and energy.
Although District 86 school board member Kathleen Hirsman has boasted of her experience negotiating with unions, questions are now being raised about whether campaign contributions from the teachers union may have compromised her position.
An environmental analyst blames Chicago Tribune reporter Michael Hawthorne for duping many Willowbrook, Darien, Burr Ridge and Hinsdale residents into believing the air in their communities causes cancer.
Federal agencies relied on faulty, even completely unreliable, air quality figures to target the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook as a regional health threat, air quality and "junk science" experts say.
The upcoming weekend's "Strategy 2017” will not be a conservative pep rally, Carol Davis, an organizer and member of the Wheaton West Suburban Tea Party, said.