Chicago’s ongoing battle with coal

Alma Bahman is a master's candidate at the Medill School at Northwestern University, studying journalism and concentrating on interactive publishing. A southern California native, she enjoys music, photography, journalism and eating good food.

The city’s coal-fired power plants have been the center of controversy for years. From Environmental Protection Agency standards, to the Clean Air Act, to being called out as the city’s largest causes of pollution, where have the last 10 years of Fisk and Crawford taken Chicago? What’s next?

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