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Coal Clunkers: The Post Looks at Chicago's Aging Coal Plants

August 19, 2009

Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution

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airpollution, chicago, coal, coalplant, crawfordgeneratingstation, fiskgeneratingstation, illinois, midwestgeneratingllc, pollution, washingtonpost

Coal clunkers. That's how the Washington Post and clean air advocates described the two antiquated coal plants operating in the midst of Chicago. The Post's article focused on the Fisk and Crawford generating stations and a fight to clean or...continued

EPA Report Brings Pollution Dangers Home…Literally

June 30, 2009

Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution

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airpollution, cancer, cookcounty, epa, granitecity, illinois, madisoncounty, missouri, pollution, st.louis, stlouispostdispatch

In the demanding push to pass legislation that will deal with CO2 and climate change, it is easy to lose sight of more traditional air pollution problem we have in the Midwest. I got a very personal reminder of the...continued

Henry Henderson
Henry Henderson
Director, Midwest Program NRDC
Chicago, Illinois
I was born in Granite City, Illinois, a steel town where the coke plant sits...
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