Adriana Pérez
she/her/ella ✶ Environment and climate change for @ChicagoTribune 🌱 Sometimes immigration and breaking news. @NotreDame alum. Ecuadorian 🇪🇨
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Abandoned oil, gas wells burden state
In Illinois, getting operators to pay for plugging dormant wells can take decades, costing taxpayers
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City invests in cooling at park facilities
Air conditioning to be upgraded at fieldhouses in heat-vulnerable areas
Critics: City’s cooling network ‘inadequate’
Advocates call for more 24/7 relief, especially for homeless, those with no AC
Abandoned oil, gas wells burden state
In Illinois, getting operators to pay for plugging dormant wells can take decades, costing taxpayers
Illinois tornado tally closes in on record of 142
Only halfway through year, experts say pace not normal
Storms brought dozens of tornadoes
Total of 44 for year is 3rd highest in area since records began in 1950
1 mysterious company, 603 abandoned oil wells
Tribune investigation shows Fireball was able to evade responsibility, exposing communities to contaminants and saddling Illinois with millions in cleanup costs
Can fish, swan boats co-exist at Humboldt Park Lagoon?
Anglers say the pedaled vessels are making it harder for game fish to thrive
Week of storms leaves wreckage, rising rivers
Intense weather fuels 15 tornadoes across Illinois; waterways expected to crest
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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Adriana Pérez in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.