General lron Investigation due to Protests about its Relocation
- Date Range
- November 15, 2020 – May 10, 2021
- Title
- General lron Investigation due to Protests about its Relocation
- What occurred
- General Iron, a metal shredding company has been attempting to relocate from its Lincoln Park neighborhood to the southeast side of Chicago. The building has already been made and is ready for use but the permit that would allow for the building to be used was delayed due to protests by people living in the neighborhood it was planned to move to. It was protested because of the air pollution that would come with it, these protests were heard by the government and so the permit was denied. The permit will not be approved until the EPA finishes investigating the pollution output that would be being moved to this place. This is relevant to American environmental history because it is very similar to the situations of environmental racism that we discussed in class. The neighborhood General Iron was attempting to move to is predominantly latino and already has been dealing with other environmental hazards. This environmental issue is very similar to the things we have learned about in class and shows how history tends to repeat itself unless we break the cycle.
- Location
- 11600 S. Burley Ave, Chicago, IL
- Image Citation
- Parrella-Aureli, Ariel. “Marchers Take over Traffic near Mayor Lightfoot's House in Logan Square.” Block Club Chicago, 15 Nov. 2020, https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/11/15/east-side-activists-bring-fight-against-general-iron-to-mayor-lightfoots-block-we-need-to-breathe-just-like-everybody-else/.
- Student name(s)
- Olivia Bruursema