Chicago announces new environmental impact study amid community outcry in Pilsen

The city is allocating $188 million from the Chicago Recovery Plan to explore the effects of pollution on residents.

By Isabelle Earl
A community meeting at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Pilsen on Wednesday night drew around 400 residents opposed to the nearby Sims Metal Management scrap metal business that is seeking multiple government permits needed to continue operating at its longtime location at 2500 S. Paulina St.
A community meeting at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Pilsen on Wednesday night drew around 400 residents opposed to the nearby Sims Metal Management scrap metal business that is seeking multiple government permits needed to continue operating at its longtime location at 2500 S. Paulina St. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Sun-Times
A community meeting at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Pilsen on Wednesday night drew around 400 residents opposed to the nearby Sims Metal Management scrap metal business that is seeking multiple government permits needed to continue operating at its longtime location at 2500 S. Paulina St.
A community meeting at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Pilsen on Wednesday night drew around 400 residents opposed to the nearby Sims Metal Management scrap metal business that is seeking multiple government permits needed to continue operating at its longtime location at 2500 S. Paulina St. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Sun-Times

Chicago announces new environmental impact study amid community outcry in Pilsen

The city is allocating $188 million from the Chicago Recovery Plan to explore the effects of pollution on residents.

By Isabelle Earl
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Chicago is launching a new environmental impact study to examine the effects of pollution on residents. The announcement was made in Pilsen last week, just before hundreds of people gathered in front of a local scrap metal company to bring awareness to environmental justice.

Reset talks to three local advocates for more on this issue.

GUESTS: Theresa Reyes McNamara, member of the Southwest Environmental Alliance

Troy Hernandez, coordinating committee member at Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization (P.E.R.R.O.)

Mary Gonzales, chairperson of the Social Justice Committee at St. Paul Catholic Church