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Not long ago, most Chicagoans would have scoffed at the idea of building a walkway over Bubbly Creek, which for decades literally bubbled with pollution. Cleanup efforts have changed that: Today, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The Bubbly Creek section of the Chicago River has been closed, after an oil spill was reported in the water. The spill was spotted in the south fork of the Chicago River on Wednesday ...

Bubbly Creek, a 1.25-mile-long backwater of the South Branch of the Chicago River has a dubious, historical distinction in Chicago. The bubbles of its name refer to gas escaping from animal carcasses ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Part of the Chicago River has been closed due to a reported oil spill, the U.S. Coast Guard said. On Thursday, representatives from the Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency ...

(CBS) --A section of the South Branch of the Chicago River was closed Thursday after a discharge of oil was found in the section known as Bubbly Creek. Representatives for the Illinois Environmental ...

Giulia Mattera, whose piece "Expectations" is shown here, is one of the artists slated for the Bubbly Creek Performance Art Assembly. Credit: Manuel Vason Rotting flesh and chemicals aren’t exactly ...

The Great Lakes are in imminent danger of being overrun with invasive Asian carp, now appearing on the doorstep of Lake Michigan. Or, something else is going on. For the first time, researchers have ...