Amy Goodman
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Chicago Residents Win Closure of Two Coal Power Plants After Health Ailments Spark Campaign
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March 1, 2012
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8:23Now Playingdemocracynow.org - Chicago has announced an agreement to close two of the nation's oldest and dirtiest coal plants. For more than a decade, residents near the Fisk and Crawford coal-fired power plants have complained of the pollution, saying the mercury and carcinogenic particulate matter aggravates asthma and, potentially other illnesses. "In my community, the people were afraid," says Leila Mendez, who lives near the Fisk coal plant and first got involved in community activism after experiencing health ailments. "They felt they did not have a voice, but we proved that we do have a voice when we unite." Plans to close the two facilities follow the passage in December of stricter federal mercury and air toxics standards regulations, which give the facilities up to four years to clean up or close down, and has led other companies to opt to shutter its power plants.
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