The Latest Breaking News from General Iron

A major cumulative impact study of pollution is part of a $188 million plan to address environmental justice and climate, officials said.

Southeast Side community groups hoped the environmental agency would look into the city’s role in a planned move of a North Side metal shredder to their neighborhood.

In a nearly 20-minute defense of the project, Ald. Susan Garza lashed out at community groups, environmentalists, the media, City Hall, the public health commissioner and, most notably, her political ally Mayor Lori Lightfoot for preventing the business to open in her ward.

After watching this process play out, the city and U.S. EPA have a lot of work to do to rebuild the trust of the business community.

But the mayor won praise for rejecting a permit to allow a car- and metal-shredding operation on the Southeast Side. ‘This is what environmental justice looks like,’ EPA Administrator Michael Regan said.

La decisión prolongada puso fin a una batalla de casi tres años entre su administración y los residentes que dijeron que no pueden tolerar más contaminación del aire.

The move ends an almost three-year standoff between residents and the mayor over the relocation of General Iron.

The city will make a decision on the permit for the controversial relocated General Iron facility sometime after the meeting.

An assessment of the public health impact of rebranded General Iron operation has been slowed by COVID-related delays, the city said Tuesday.