Chicago’s Role in Environmental Racism

Earth Uprising
May 9, 2020 · 3 min read

By Kaylyn Ahn

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On April 12, 2020, Hilco Redevelopment Partners initiated the demolition of the Chicago Crawford Power Generating station, causing the neighboring Little Village community area to be engulfed in a cloud of harmful debris, dust, and particulate matter. And like many others, Lucky Camargo, a Little Village resident, believes the demolition is the epitome of, “political inequality…

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