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EPA Report Brings Pollution Dangers Home…Literally

June 30, 2009

Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution

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airpollution, cancer, cookcounty, epa, granitecity, illinois, madisoncounty, missouri, pollution, st.louis, stlouispostdispatch

In the demanding push to pass legislation that will deal with CO2 and climate change, it is easy to lose sight of more traditional air pollution problem we have in the Midwest. I got a very personal reminder of the...continued

What Do We Owe the Chicago River? Disinfection

June 24, 2009

Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution

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bacteria, chicago, chicagoriver, cookcounty, decontamination, illinois, metropolitanwaterreclamationdistrict, oliverwendellholmes, pollution

I was struck by the beautiful and poetic ode to the Chicago River that Deborah Shore posted on Huffington Post this week. The history of the waterway is truly amazing and central to the growth of the great city...continued

Henry Henderson
Henry Henderson
Director, Midwest Program NRDC
Chicago, Illinois
I was born in Granite City, Illinois, a steel town where the coke plant sits...
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