Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

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Midwest Climate Reporter at Grist

Midwest Climate Reporter at WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)

Midwest climate reporter for @grist and @wbez

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Many Chicagoans likely to wait decades for dangerous lead pipes to be replaced

1 day ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Keerti Gopal |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

This story is a partnership between WBEZ, Grist and Inside Climate News. Growing up in Chicago, Chakena D. Perry knew not to trust the water coming out of her tap. “It was just one of these unspoken truths within households like mine — low-income, Black households — that there was some sort of distrust with the water,” said Perry, who later learned that Chicago is the city with the most lead service lines in the country.
Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind the Federal Deadline

1 day ago | ecotopical.com | Keerti Gopal |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored - EnviroLink Network

1 week ago | envirolink.org | Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension. Newcomers to the seemingly endless grasslands that once spanned approximately a quarter of North America often hit a psychic wall, descending into fits of mania.
How America's prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored

1 week ago | grist.org | Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension. Newcomers to the seemingly endless grasslands that once spanned approximately a quarter of North America often hit a psychic wall, descending into fits of mania.
How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed - and why it should be restored

1 week ago | ecotopical.com | Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
Illinois Must Protect the Great Lakes From Asian Carp. Toxic Ash Is in the Way.

3 weeks ago | whowhatwhy.org | Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

Science Only 40 miles separate voracious Asian carp from the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem. To stop them, Illinois must reckon with its legacy of coal ash pollution. Last week, Illinois officials took possession of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in Chicago’s shipping channel in a last-ditch effort to prevent an ecological disaster from reaching Lake Michigan.
Toxic waste stands in the way of protecting the Great Lakes from invasive carp

3 weeks ago | hatchmag.com | Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

Last week, Illinois officials took possession of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in Chicago’s shipping channel in a last-ditch effort to prevent an ecological disaster from reaching Lake Michigan. It is there, on a sliver of land where a coal-fired power plant once stood, that the state plans a last stand against the invasive Asian carp.
Toxic waste stands in the way of protecting the Great Lakes from invasive carp

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

2 hours agoGov. Gretchen Whitmer says Trump told her he would not pardon men convicted in kidnapping plotMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says President Donald Trump would be going back on his word to her if he pardoned two men who are serving prison …4 hours agoPocket Watch from Deadly Shipwreck Returns Home 165 Years Later: ‘Truly a Once-in-a-Lifetime Discovery’After sinking to the bottom of Lake Michigan in 1860 — along with the steamship Lady Elgin — Herbert Ingram’s pocket watch is back home.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires moving into the Chicago area

4 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco |Emilie Syberg

The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires and heavy smoke from those fires could move into the Chicago area beginning Friday afternoon. The skies will appear hazy around Chicago. “There probably could be some reduced visibility [from the smoke]” said David King, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
'It's catastrophic'

4 weeks ago | reflector.com | Katie Myers |Izzy Ross |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the U.S. Forest Service in the past tense.