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Press Conference Deny General Iron/RMG Permit: Dozens of Chicago activists, NPO leaders and elected officials will join Southeast Side hunger strikers in calling on Mayor Lightfoot’s administration to deny General Iron’s (RMG) permit. Feb 8, 2021.

Dozens of Chicago activists, NPO leaders and elected officials will join Southeast Side hunger strikers in calling on Mayor Lightfoot’s administration to deny General Iron’s (RMG) permit. An additional Southeast Side resident...

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City’s Push To Permit Scrapper In Over-Polluted Southeast Side Is ‘Disgusting,’ Activists Say — And Now They’re On A Hunger Strike To Stop It. by Maxwell Evans Block Club Chicago Feb 5, 2021.

Oscar Sanchez, Breanna Bertacchi and Chuck Stark say they will go without food “for the long haul” to block Southside Recycling from opening in the 10th Ward, which is already overburdened with pollution from various...