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Southeast Side activists celebrate city’s environmental justice agreement: ‘We get a victory — but...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGina Ramirez’s son was a toddler when she first began joining protests against a metal scrapper’s move to her largely Latino, working-class neighborhood on Chicago’s Southeast Side. Her son, ...
Your turn: Belvidere Assembly Plant can be a symbol of what's possible
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAlthough the closure of the Belvidere Assembly Plant was devastating for both individuals and the...
Why removing Chicago's lead service lines for water will take time
Newsy via AOL· 5 months agoWorkmen prepare to replace older water pipes. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that...
Illinois agrees to tougher oversight of polluters in low-income communities, resolving civil rights...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoGov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration vowed Friday to take a more rigorous look at polluters before...
Lead in the water: How some of America's water became too dangerous to drink
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNearly 60 million Americans may not know they're drinking from toxic metal in present day, according...
3 Chicago-area oil refineries that dump toxic chemicals into Lake Michigan and other waterways are...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOil refineries are dumping massive amounts of toxic chemicals and heavy metals into the Great Lakes and the nation’s rivers with little, if any, oversight from government regulators, according ...
Community organizers call on Lightfoot administration to address environmental justice complaint
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCommunity organizers and local leaders are urging Mayor Lori Lightfoot to negotiate a resolution to an environmental justice complaint after the federal government threatened to block millions ...