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Lead, rising water bills are twin disasters for Chicago’s low-income families
The city should continue its moratorium on shut-offs and work with communities so water access doesn’t become a destructive debt. JULIANA PINO | September 26, 2019 01:55 PM [Original post on Crain’s Chicago Business website here.] Access to clean, affordable water is essential for life—and a human right. Despite this, thousands of households across Chicago […]
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Illinois Solar for All Program Launches to Bring Affordable Renewable Energy to Low-income Households and Environmental Justice Communities across the State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2019 Contacts: Little Village Environmental Justice Organization: Juliana Pino, (312) 344-3143, jpino@lvejo.org Environmental Law & Policy Center: Judith Nemes, (312) 795-3706, JNemes@elpc.org Blacks in Green: Naomi Davis, (773) 678-9541, NaomiDavis@blacksingreen.org Illinois People’s Action: Dawn Dannenbring, (309) 531-4433, ILPeoplesAction12@gmail.com Illinois Solar for All Program Launches to Bring Affordable Renewable Energy to Low-income Households and Environmental Justice Communities across […]
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Support Little Village’s Right to Breathe
Crawford Coal Power Plant & LV ICMP Update January 15, 2019 We are hoping to share with you that on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 10:30am the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development for the City of Chicago City Council will discuss and vote on R2018-1394, a Class 6(b) tax incentive measure to allow the former Crawford […]
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