Environment
Year after year, the two remaining coal-fired power plants in Chicago emit 260,000 pounds of soot, more than 17,000 tons of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, and 200 pounds of mercury, according to data by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Today, a coalition of Chicagoans delivered a message to Mayor Rahm Emanuel asking him to end the life-threatening pollution once and for all.