{"id":1515931,"date":"2024-02-23T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grist.org\/?p=631021"},"modified":"2024-02-23T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:45:00","slug":"a-geothermal-energy-boom-could-be-coming-to-chicagos-south-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/02\/23\/a-geothermal-energy-boom-could-be-coming-to-chicagos-south-side\/","title":{"rendered":"A geothermal energy boom could be coming to Chicago\u2019s South Side"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This coverage is made possible through a partnership<\/em> between WBEZ<\/em><\/a> and<\/em> Grist<\/em><\/a>, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. <\/em>Sign up<\/em><\/a> for WBEZ newsletters to get local news you can trust.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Naomi Davis won\u2019t lose her faith in the earth. At a recent community meeting in Chicago\u2019s South Side she wanted to drive the point home \u2014 that the city\u2019s Black community will not be left out of the new, emerging green economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To do it, she\u2019s betting on energy trapped deep below the surface of the earth known as geothermal, which could be an answer to heating and cooling homes more efficiently and a path to building decarbonization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n