When: December 1st, 6 PM Where: Cafe Catedral 2500 S. Christiana. Chicago, IL 60623 What: An event hosted by the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) to learn about what is happening with the Fisk and Crawford power plants. Come learn about how they affect the community, what is going on in the state and [...]
Who: Children 6-18 years old, their family members, and other concerned residents When: Tuesday, October 18th Time: 3:00 pm-5:00pm Where: Pilsen Academy, 1420 W 17th Street What: Free asthma testing and education! This Tuesday, the event will be held to teach the community about local pollution hazards and how they can harm our health and [...]
An article in the Crain’s Chicago Business, assures the public that Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been active in the fight to shut down Fisk and Crawford coal-fired power plants in Chicago. Mayor Emanuel has expressed interest in backing a “clean energy for dirty energy” trade with Midwest Generation LLC with hopes to shut down or [...]
October 10, 2011 - 2:16 PM
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Yesterday, over 45,000 runners from all 50 states and more than 100 countries participated in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2011. The event promotes health and fitness in the Chicago area and is greatly supported by the Bank of America. Ironically, Bank of America is also a major contributor to coal powered plants. It [...]
October 5, 2011 - 4:54 PM
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By the end of the year, atleast two Illinois coal power plants will be shut down. The Meredosia and Hutsonville energy centers are both owned by Ameren Energy Resource Company. These plants are closing because they are unable to abide by the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) which was issued in July of this [...]
Last month, Greenpeace arranged for members of the Chicago Clean Power Ordinance and residents from Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods to fly out to California. Pilsen and Little Village are located near the Fisk and Crawford power plants. The power plants have been polluting their neighborhoods for decades and the residents are taking a stand! [...]
These days there is a lot of talk about coal power plants. When the Clean Power Ordinance started to gain momentum, the negative effects of coal plants received more media attention. There has been much publicity on the particulate matter and CO2 released by Fisk and Crawford power plants, but what other emissions should we [...]
Loyola University will be honoring retiring Alderwomen (Virginia Rugai, Vi Daley, Helen Shiller, and Mary Ann Smith) tomorrow evening as part of their The Ann F. Baum Women and Leadership Speaker Series. Students from ISEC and the Chicago Climate Youth Coalition will be in attendance to ask Alderman Rugai about her lack of support for the [...]
The Chicago Tribune recently ran the story “Power company holds off on cleaning up Chicago-area coal plants,” reporting that Midwest Generation has held off on upgrading pollution controls at the Little Village and Pilsen neighborhood coal-burning power plants. These are just two of six coal plants owned by the company. The Fisk plant was built [...]
Over 35 students from five different Chicago-area schools joined 200 other Chicago residents Valentine’s Day morning at an ad-hoc hearing in City Hall for the Chicago Clean Power Ordinance. The Chicago Clean Power Ordinance would effectively shut down the Fisk and Crawford coal fired power plants in Pilsen and Little Village, whose soot emissions cause over 40 premature [...]
