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Environment/Sustainability Thu Mar 31 2011
The Weight of Coal
Haunting images of Chicago's polluting Fisk and Crawford coal-fired power plants, which Little Village and Pilsen residents have sought to shut down for years, are slowly becoming more familiar to city residents as more media organizations report on the concerning environmental topic. This video, however, shows an even deeper side to the weight of coal. Uploaded by YouTube user John Sheehan, or dogstar7, it shows tons of coal passing through the city on freight trains.
WAJ / March 31, 2011 2:07 PM
Yeah, totally haunting. A train filled with coal heading on its way thru Chicago to some destination unknown.
Commerce, also known as an economy, is scary.
Some say the railroads made Chicago into the city it became, others say it was the solar power, er wind power, er green jobs, yeah! green jobs...