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Chicago residents WIN $12M class-action lawsuit after botched coal plant implosion blanketed thousands homes in thick, suffocating dust
Meant to be a demolition, the malfunction took place at the former Crawford Power Plant just over four years ago, and sent a thick plume of smoke over the Little Village neighborhood of the city.
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Judge OKs $12.25 million class-action settlement over Hilco's Little Village dust storm
Developer Hilco and its contractors agreed to pay the money to neighborhood residents for the 2020 botched smokestack implosion. Mayor Brandon Johnson was urged to release a report on the city's "negligent" oversight.
Source: suntimes.com
Johnson taps official at center of Little Village implosion debacle to keep buildings safe
Marlene Hopkins oversaw the 2020 Crawford plant demolition that coated the community in dust. She's now acting commissioner of the city's buildings department.
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EPA considers cleanup of toxic Southwest Side Chicago waterway
Little Village group wants the EPA to force action taken on a heavily polluted channel off the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Source: suntimes.com