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Feds to Lightfoot: Don’t issue General Iron a city permit
Chicago residents demand Lightfoot deny General Iron’s relocation permit to Southeast Side
Garbage Fire Breaks Out At General Iron Shredding Plant In Clybourn Corridor
City denies permit for scrapyard planning move to SE Side over pollution concerns
CHICAGO (WLS) — The city of Chicago has denied a permit for a metal shredding company that was planning to move its scrapyard from Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood to the Southeast Side.…
Mayor Lightfoot denies permit to Southeast Side scrap shredder; company vows to fight on, saying process ‘hijacked’ by ‘false narratives’
Faced with an outcry from neighborhood activists, federal civil rights investigations and pressure from the Biden administration, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday blocked a clout-heavy scrap…
Feds to Lightfoot: Don’t issue General Iron a city permit
A federal housing official tells City Hall that a civil rights complaint makes “persuasive” arguments the metal shredder’s move to the Southeast Side would cause “serious and irreparable…
Chicago residents demand Lightfoot deny General Iron’s relocation permit to Southeast Side
CHICAGO (WLS) — A group fighting for their community on the Southeast Side gathering in Mayor Lightfoot’s Logan Square neighborhood Saturday. “We are sick and tired of voting…
Garbage Fire Breaks Out At General Iron Shredding Plant In Clybourn Corridor
A large garbage fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at the General Iron shredding plant in the Clybourn Corridor. The fire broke out around 2:15 p.m. at the shredding plant at 1909 N. Clifton…
General Iron challenges pollution controls in state permit
General Iron’s owner is challenging pollution control requirements from a recently issued state permit that is allowing the metal shredder to build a new operation on the Southeast Side. The…
Citing environmental racism, Southeast Side activists file civil rights complaint against Chicago: ‘We’ve been a dumping ground for too many years’
Chicago is perpetuating environmental racism by pushing industrial polluters from the wealthy, largely white North Side to low-income communities of color on the South Side, according to a new…
Decades Of Racist City Policies Pushed Polluters To The Southeast Side, Residents Say — And Feds Should Investigate
The city’s push to allow General Iron to move from Lincoln Park to East Side triggered a federal complaint from environmental activists. EAST SIDE — Environmental activists filed a…
Lightfoot’s health officials issue mea culpa over General Iron, say public should have been told before car shredder given permit
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s health officials said Monday that they should have let the community know before issuing an air pollution control permit last month to General Iron — one of two permits…
Lightfoot tackles lead water line replacement by starting small
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has accused her predecessor of punting an $8.5 billion problem and said the “time of reckoning is now” for replacing lead service lines carrying water from street mains to…
Toxic Southeast Side site should be turned into park, group says
More than 100 acres of polluted land on the Southeast Side should be cleaned up and turned into a park or another environmentally friendly development, according to a community group…
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