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Smoke, Screened: The Clean Air Act’s Dirty Secret
Dangers in Our Air: Mapping Chicago’s Air Pollution Hotspots
‘The Air We Breathe:’ How industry is polluting Cicero’s air
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Koppers niega las infracciones medioambientales más recientes, pero los registros de la planta revelan dos décadas de enfrentamientos con la EPA de Illinois
Después de que la EPA de Illinois les enviara el otoño pasado un aviso extenso de infracciones, los ejecutivos de Koppers empezaron a vender acciones a un precio sin precedente. Después de que MuckRock y Cicero Independiente reportaron sobre esas violaciones, la compañía que cotiza en bolsa contrató a una empresa de comunicación experta en manejo de crisis para reunirse con funcionarios electos y manejar las consecuencias en la comunidad.

Koppers disputes most recent environmental violations but plant records reveal two decades of run-ins with Illinois EPA
After the Illinois EPA sent them a lengthy violations notice last fall, Koppers executives began selling stock at an unprecedented rate. After MuckRock and the Cicero Independiente reported on those violations, the publicly-traded company hired a crisis communications firm to meet with elected officials and manage the community fallout.

‘The Air We Breathe:’ How the century-old Koppers coal tar plant became, and remains, the small town of Cicero’s toxic neighbor
The Koppers coal tar plant in Cicero has been found in violation of both state and federal environmental laws dating back 50 years — from the late 1970s until this past summer. A new Illinois EPA list of violations raises new questions about how much cancer-causing chemicals the plant is emitting.

‘Smoke, Screened’ findings on EPA exceptional events presented at scientific conference
At the American Geophysical Union conference this week, MuckRock and The California Newsroom presented findings and methodology from the “Smoked Screened” investigation.

El aire que respiramos’: cómo la planta de Koppers se convirtió y sigue siendo el vecino tóxico de Cicero
La planta de Koppers en Cicero ha infringido leyes medioambientales estatales y federales durante 50 años, desde finales de la década de 1970 hasta el verano pasado. Una nueva lista de infracciones de la EPA de Illinois plantea nuevos interrogantes sobre la cantidad de sustancias químicas cancerígenas que emite la planta.
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