When eighteen year-old Marisol discovers that a coal power plant in her Chicago-based Latino neighborhood of Little Village may be the cause of her sister’s asthma, she becomes a youth activist fighting for cleaner air and alternative energy. But when she learns that the dirtiest polluting industries in America are predominantly located in low-income communities [...]
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Apr 30
Apr 30
Crawford Coal Power Plant Video
A video in which random Little Village community members were interviewed about the Crawford Plant.
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Celotex Superfund Site Part 1
Part one in the series about the Celotex Superfund Site, talking about its origins.
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Celotex Superfund Site Part 2
Part two in the series about the Celotex Superfund Site, talking about what it means to be a Superfund Site.
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Celotex Superfund Site Part 3
Part 3 in the series about the Celotex Superfund site, talking about clean-up.
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Poitrowski Park
A video about Poitrowski Park, the only park in Little Village.
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BP: Beyond Pollution
BP: Beyond Pollution By: Danielle “Our products and services contribute to a better quality of life. They provide the freedom to move, to heat, to see. We believe this freedom is inseparable from the responsibility to produce and consume energy in ways that respect both human rights and the natural environment. Maintaining this balance is [...]
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