Activists in Chicago are promoting a proposed ordinance they say could make the city a national showcase for how to reduce pollution from coal-driven power plants.
About 100 people gathered in a hallway near Mayor Richard Daley’s office Tuesday to call for its passage. Several held placards reading, “Clean Energy Now.”
Crawford and Fisk are the city’s two main coal plants. Environmentalists say they spew thousands of tons of soot, as well as millions of tons of gases linked to global warming.
The ordinance would require the decades-old plants to install modern pollution controls.
Chicago Alderman Joe Moore says there aren’t enough votes yet to pass it, although he hopes there will be soon. He adds that Daley hasn’t yet spoken in favor of it.
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