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With a push from the feds, Lightfoot takes a new look at General Iron and environmental justice | Editorial


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.
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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. Environmental Protection Agency, the mayor is now asking a question she could have posed from jump: Is a metal scrapping facility needed in an area of the city already overburdened with a host of environmental issues? ....

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Fiercely proud of their home, residents of the Southeast Side — long a toxic dumping ground — are rising up against polluters

Fiercely proud of their home, residents of the Southeast Side — long a toxic dumping ground — are rising up against polluters
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Race in Chicago: Organizations Seek Environmental Justice


Updated on March 5, 2021 at 9:45 pm
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Air quality and its impact on the health of Chicago residents differs vastly between neighborhoods, according to a 2020 study published by the city.
The study showed air pollution contributes to more chronic health conditions, including asthma, in the west and south sides of the city. Community members who live in the most impacted areas said decades of city policies have contributed to environmental racism.
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Cheryl Johnson grew up in Altgeld Gardens on the city’s Far South Side. The housing complex was established for African American veterans of World War II.  But through the years it has been labeled the “toxic doughnut, due to a high concentration of hazardous waste sites nearby. ....

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