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Chicago, HUD Settle Environmental Racism Case as Lori Lightfoot Leaves Office

Inside Climate News · By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times · last updated
City departments will be required to produce an environmental justice action plan to protect neighborhoods from “burdens associated with intensive industrial and transportation uses.”

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

This article is published in partnership with the Chicago Sun-Times. 

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