Mining project on Chicago's Southeast Side is latest threat to public health
A proposed ordinance would alter in my Chicago neighborhood, an environmental organizer writes.
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A proposed ordinance would alter in my Chicago neighborhood, an environmental organizer writes.
The bill has a focus on equity and expanding economic opportunities for disadvantaged communities and people of color in the clean energy sector.
Nelly Martinez attends a November 2020 protest to demand Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot deny the final permit that will allow General Iron to move from Lincoln Park, a mostly white neighborhood, to the Southeast Side, which has a mostly Latino population. Pat Nabong | Sun-Times file It’s mystifying to us why Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who campaigned on a promise to treat all neighborhoods with fairness and equity, would even consider allowing known polluter General Iron to set up shop on the Southeast Side. But after community protests, a hunger strike and intervention from by the U.S. Environment...