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Last coal plant in Chicago shut down

by liz | May 22, 2018 13:37 22 May 13:37 | #16376 | #16376

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News from February 2018:

After an 11 year struggle, Little Village community and partners have succeeded in bringing enough pressure to shut down the last coal plant in Chicago.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ori/ct-biz-crawford-station-redevelopment-ryan-ori-20180205-story.html

Related initiatives in the community include getting a new high school with community-controlled curriculum built after other area schools had been closed. Towards this goal, parents went on hunger strike.


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