Environmental Advocates Push for Stronger City Efforts to Monitor and Curb Pollution – WTTW (Chicago)

The mayor came under fire for not living up to her campaign promise to re-establish a city Department of Environment. Instead, Lightfoot’s spending plan creates an Office of Climate and Environmental Equity. “The difference between an office and a department is that a department has independence and capacity to do the oversight and to make sure we have the capacity to make sure we do, like we have promised” said Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez.