Southeast Environmental Task Force
@SE_TaskForce
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We fight for clean air, water and environmental justice in the Southeast Side of Chicago 🌎 #EndSacrificeZones
Joined August 2020
BREAKING: a *first-of-its-kind* agreement between the @EPA and the @ILEPA will immediately reform parts of the permitting process for industry — a process that has helped create sacrifice zones in communities of color.
chicagotribune.com
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration vowed Friday to take a more rigorous look at polluters before allowing them to operate or expand in low-income communities.
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Find @SE_TaskForce highlighted in this @MetroPlanners Our Great Rivers blog series 🌊 https://t.co/OeA5458qG3
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Join us for a day of drinks and getting your hands dirty in the soil at our Sip and Soil event next Saturday 🪴 🍷 https://t.co/xEixEmgrGf
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There will be screen printing of this artwork by William Estrada.
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Happy #EarthMonth 🌎 We invite you to our spring fundraiser on April 25. Join us for an evening of live music, awards, and raffles! 📍 Club 81 Too — 13157 S Avenue M, Chicago, IL 60633 ⏰ Thursday, April 25, 2024 6–9PM
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Happy #EarthMonth 🌎 We invite you to our spring fundraiser on April 25. Join us for an evening of live music, awards, and raffles! 📍 Club 81 Too — 13157 S Avenue M, Chicago, IL 60633 ⏰ Thursday, April 25, 2024 6–9PM
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Join us next Thursday for our Utility Assistance Webinar! Come and learn about programs that can help you pay your utility bills. 🌱 Link in bio, or go to https://t.co/LMmksQhIWG to register!
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Folks from #StopGeneralIron campaign celebrated two historic victories tonight including new EPA rule allowing health metrics and past violations in permitting decisions @united10thward @SE_TaskForce @CTULocal1 @ASEChicago @SEYouthAlliance @bridges_puentes
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ICYMI, @ILEPA must revamp its permitting process for polluting industries in residential neighborhoods. It's a HUGE victory, especially for our friends at @SE_TaskForce, @pcrchi, @CEJNetwork, & @LVEJO, who have long fought against environmental racism. https://t.co/CVqUiD5DJu
grist.org
The Illinois EPA must revamp a permitting process after Chicago activists filed a civl rights complaint about pollution.
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Grist writes: "The settlement between the @EPA and the @ILEPA includes that the agency enact expansive changes which center community input as well as the history of the company applying for the permit. This is significant, according to @GinaRamirez311." 🙌
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“This is something that should not be taken lightly,” SETF's @oso_campeon said. “But at the same time, we are also looking forward to seeing how this administration continues to do this type of work to actually improve public health.”
grist.org
The Illinois EPA must revamp a permitting process after Chicago activists filed a civl rights complaint about pollution.
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This agreement needs to be celebrated and held accountable because the implementation matters! This was possible by the organizing of those before us and those that gave fuel to @SE_TaskForce @CHIhungerstrike @pcrchi and our siblings from @CEJNetwork. All power to the people!
BREAKING: Gov. Pritzker's administration enters agreement with US EPA to toughen environmental oversight in low-income areas almost four years after giving an OK to scrap-metal operator General Iron.
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This agreement stems from a civil rights complaint made by Chicago Southeast Side environmental justice groups in 2020, concerning the decision to move a notorious metal shredder from Lincoln Park to their mostly working-class community of color.
grist.org
The finding stems from a nearly two-year probe into Chicago's support for General Iron's scrapyard on the Southeast Side.
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@IEPA's new policy, effective immediately, also requires evaluating applicant histories, addressing disproportionate impacts with stricter requirements, streamlining discrimination grievance processes, and improving public and language access.
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