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Grassroots and Clean Air in Pilsen

Cali Slaughter | Posted 06.19.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Perez Elementary School, Low-Income Neighborhoods, Lead Poisoning, Fisk Coal Plant, Southwest Side, Brad Frost, Pilsen, H. Kramer, Epa, Chicago, Danny Solis, P.E.R.R.O., Benito-Juarez-Community-Academy, Clean Air Act, Clean Power Ordinance, Chicago News
Cali Slaughter

What happens when exposure to lead emanates from a non-isolatable source, when it saturates your neighborhood through our most precious and fundamental compound -- the air we breathe?

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Morfin: a Progressive Tug

Cali Slaughter | Posted 06.07.2011 | Politics
Read More: Lead, Progressive, Pilsen, Fisk Coal Plant, Chicago, Clean Power Ordinance, Temoc Morfin, Danny Solis, Campaign, Run-Off, Perez Elementary School, 25th Ward, Politics News
Cali Slaughter

Beyond the hard results, countless factors enter into the electoral process to create lasting change in the way politics are conducted.

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Local Lead: Pollution Around Chicago School Reminds Us What Is at Stake in DC's Clean Air Act Fight

Henry Henderson | Posted 06.05.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Nrdc, Lead, Fisk Coal Plant, Natural Resources Defense Council, Perez Elementary School, Pilsen, Michael Hawthorne, Fisk Generating Station, Epa, Chicago, Clean Power Ordinance, Air Pollution, Coal, Clean Air Act, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

Removing the ability to enforce laws already on the books and funding cuts are all part of the playbook being employed to beat down the EPA right now. It is short-sighted, wrong-headed and stupid.

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