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Veronica Rios is a journalism graduate student at Columbia College. She is originally from Hammond, Ind., but now lives in downtown Chicago. She obtained an undergraduate degree at Indiana University in South Bend, Ind. in mass communication.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Discuss Strict Coal Ash Regulations
Robin Garlish and her family have never been able to freely open their windows in their Pekin, Ill. home. Because of a local power plant, she instead fears heavy air pollutants and the local contaminated water supply for the sake of her children’s health. “It’s very imbalanced,” said Garlish, a member of the Central Illinois […]
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Pushes For Coal Ash Pond Regulation
February 24, 2014 Comments Off
Environmental groups from throughout Illinois will meet with the Illinois Pollution Control Board on Wednesday to discuss stricter rules and regulations of contamination levels near power plants with coal ash ponds. Harmful chemicals were found in the local groundwater, such as arsenic, iron, mercury, lead and other contaminants, as well as large amounts of discarded […]
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A woman is sitting in her favorite coffee shop on Michigan Avenue when a man who appears to be lost asks where a specific store is. Meanwhile, his partner creeps behind her with her laptop in hand. She didn’t even know what had happened. This is just one of the scenarios Chicago police officers are […]
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Chicago O’Hare International Airport opened a new runway last Thursday; but for the residents of Oasis Mobile Home Park, the new runway may mean less sleep at night. A group called Fair Allocation in Runways (FAIR) held a protest at O’Hare last Tuesday before the runway opened. Oasis Mobile Home Park is in Des Plaines […]
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