Chicago has a troubling history of environmental racism. The planned move of General Iron, a metal scrapping company, from Lincoln Park to the East Side, a predominately Latinx community, is a blow to the community activists who have worked for years to address environmental racism and protect their neighborhoods from further industrial development. Genevive Kosiolek has the story.
Read MoreRead how different environmental groups are showing a shift from the environmental movement of decades past, conservation focused and with a racist history, towards environmental justice and making the environmental movement more inclusive. This shift is reflected in the support environmental groups are showing for the Black Lives matter movement, a few of which have statements quoted in this piece.
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