How Community Groups Feel a Year After Smokestack Demolition
Clip: 4/12/2021 | 7m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
A plume of dust coated six blocks of homes in Little Village following the demolition.
One year ago, a plume of dust coated six blocks of homes in Little Village after crews botched the demolition of the smokestack at the former Crawford coal power plant, just as the coronavirus pandemic was beginning to slam Chicago. We check in with an environmental group and the local alderman.
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How Community Groups Feel a Year After Smokestack Demolition
Clip: 4/12/2021 | 7m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
One year ago, a plume of dust coated six blocks of homes in Little Village after crews botched the demolition of the smokestack at the former Crawford coal power plant, just as the coronavirus pandemic was beginning to slam Chicago. We check in with an environmental group and the local alderman.
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