CCPC Documents/Handouts
Chicago Carbon Trading Tour Press release
Recent Additions (Jan 1, 2007)
Alley, "Abrupt Climate Change." Scientific American (11/04)
Conner, "Global Warming Our Worst Fears are Exceeded by Reality." The Independent (12/29/06)
Ward, "Impact from the Deep." Scientific American (10/06)
LOCAL Productions
Asthma Action Plan for Chicago
LVEJO’s “Coal Power in Chicago” Brochure (in English , en espanol)
World Asthma Day (ALA-MC's press release)
World Asthma Day (LVEJO's speeches) (in English, en espanol)
Relevant Background Articles
Air of Injustice: African Americans & Power Plant Pollution, Black Leadership Forum, Clear the Air, Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda, & The Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice, 10/2002
Air of Injustice: How Air Pollution Affects the Health of Hispanics and Latinos. Clean Air Task Force, Clear the Air, & LULAC, 7/2004 (en espanol)
Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (Vol I), EPA, 10/2004
An Analysis of Diesel Air Pollution and Public Health in America, Clean Air Task Force, 2/2005
Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee Letter to USEPA Stephen L. Johnson, 3/3/2006
Children at Risk: How Air Pollution from Power Plants Threatens the Health of American’s Children, Clean the Air & Physicians for Social Responsibility, 5/2002
Darkening Skies: Trends Toward Increasing Power Plant Emissions, Clear the Air, 3/2002
Dirty Air, Dirty Power: Mortality and Health Damage Due to Air Pollution from Power Plants, Clear the Air, 6/2004
Factsheet: The 2000 Toxic Release Inventory, Clear the Air, 2000?
(Harvard Study 2001) "Using CALPUFF to evaluate the impacts of power plant emissions in Illinois: model sensitivity and implications." J.I. Levy et al., Atmospheric Environment, vol. 36, 1063-1075. (IL Summary of Harvard Study)
Job Jolt: The Economic Impacts of Repowering the Midwest: The Clean Energy Development Plan for the Heartland, Regional Economics Applications Laboratory & Environmental Law and Policy Center, 2/2001
Lethal Legacy: A Comprehensive Look at America’s Dirtiest Power Plants, Brandon Wu, 10/2003
Made in the U.S.A.: Power Plants and Mercury Pollution Across the Country. Illinois PIRG Education Fund, September 2005.
Mercury Falling: An Analysis of Mercury Pollution from Coal-Burning Power Plants, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Working Group, Clean the Air Network, 12/2000
Mercury Rising: New Data on Toxic Releases from Electric Power Plants, Including Mercury and Dioxin, Clear the Air, 2000?
Out of Breath - Adverse Health Effects from Ozone in the Eastern United States, Abt Associates Inc., 10/1999 (Executive Summary)
Out of Sight: The Science and Economics of Visibility Impairment, Abt Associates Inc., 8/2000 (Executive Summary)
Particulate Air Pollution in Chicago: Human Mortality, Pollution Sources And the Case for Tougher Clean Air Standards. Environmental Working Group & Sierra Club, 1997?
The Particulate-Related Health Benefits of Reducing Power Plant Emissions, Abt Associates Inc. et al., 10/2000
Particulate-Related Health Impacts of Eight Electric Utility Systems, Abt Associates Inc., 4/2002 (Executive Summary)
Particulate-Related Health Impacts of Emissions in 2001 From 41 Major US Power Plants, Abt Associates Inc., 11/2002 (Executive Summary)
Pollution on the Rise: Local Trends in Power Plant Pollution, U.S PIRG Education Fund, January 2005.
Power Plant Emissions: Particulate Matter-Related Health Damages and the Benefits of Alternative Emission Reduction Scenarios. Abt Associates Inc. et al., 6/2004
Redirecting Illinois’s Energy: The Economic and Consumer Benefits of Clean Energy Policies, IL PIRG Education Fund, 2/2005
Renewable Energy: Capable of Meeting Our Energy Needs. Public Citizen, 2006.
Renewables 2005: Global Status Report. Worldwatch
Repowering the Midwest: The Clean Energy Development Plan for the Heartland, Environmental Law & Policy Center et al., 2001
Risky Fishing: Power Plant Mercury Pollution and Illinois Sport Fish, Illinois PIRG, 4/2006
Speaking of Clean Air . . ., The Reader, 12/16/2005