Despite an ambitious plan by Mayor Richard M. Daley to make Chicago the greenest city in America, a Sunday article in the Chicago Tribune sets up the long path towards achieving this environmentally-friendly goal.
Over the last 18 years, Daley has “planted half a million trees, built more than 80 miles of landscaped medians, and negotiated 2 million square feet of green roofs,” the article states, but Chicago Transit Authority budget woes may drastically reduce the amount of public transportation available forcing many Chicagoans to get back in their cars and back on the crowded roads. Not exactly the greenest idea.
The Tribune also reported in July that the city’s emissions of pollution have skyrocketed since 2001, although the Chicago Climate Exchange could bring those numbers back down.
