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A company that got $19.7 million in public subsidies to rebuild on the site of an old coal fire plant bungled the demolition and spewed hazardous dust particles throughout an environmental justice community. During #COVID19. https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2020/4/11/21217604/little-village-implosion-dust-cloud-crawford-coal-plant-hilco?fbclid=IwAR2fk0jz1oNvifqe0H-pmettdSyymCtjswh-eserblDRu214alh782cbTeA">https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-sta...

Watch: Smokestack imploded despite activists’ pleas, blanketing Little Village in dust cloud

The former Crawford Power Generating Station churned out smoke for years until environmental activists won its shutdown. Its smokestack shot out a fresh wave of particles as it was demolished...

https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2020/4/11/21217604/little-village-implosion-dust-cloud-crawford-coal-plant-hilco?fbclid=IwAR2fk0jz1oNvifqe0H-pmettdSyymCtjswh-eserblDRu214alh782cbTeA

Little Village residents and activists have been fighting the redevelopment of this site for years. It was approved anyway -- with a $19.7 million tax break. Read this thread for the story behind the Little Village coal plant, ft. our friends @LVEJO: https://twitter.com/MauricioPena/status/1249794179330387970">https://twitter.com/MauricioP...

https://twitter.com/MauricioPena/status/1249794179330387970

Take action with @LVEJO by signing and sharing this petition: https://twitter.com/LVEJO/status/1249459291305672707">https://twitter.com/LVEJO/sta...

https://twitter.com/LVEJO/status/1249459291305672707

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