Greenpeace climbs Fisk smokestack in Chicago
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Greenpeace activists end 26 hour occupation of Fisk Power plant
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/actions/quit-coal-chicago/
The morning of May 24, 2011, before dawn, eight Greenpeace activists climbed the 450 foot smokestack at the Fisk power plant in Chicago. They are now staying up there to demand its operator shut down the dirty, dangerous Fisk and Crawford coal plants.
Running for more than 50 years, the Fisk and Crawford plants are among the oldest in the United States. More people, nearly one in four Chicagoans, live in range of these plants than any other coal plant in America.
Greenpeace activists climb smokestack to protest coal plant
http://www.suntimes.com/5564460-417/greenpeace-activists-climb-smokestack-to-...
Eight Greenpeace activists climbed a huge smokestack at a Pilsen coal plant on Tuesday and eight others rappelled under a Southwest Side bridge to prevent a coal barge from passing.
Both actions were set to coincide with a U.S. EPA public hearing on increased pollution controls from coal-burning plants.
The Greenpeace activists began climbing a smokestack at the Fisk power plant at 1111 W. Cermak Rd. about dawn, spokeswoman Molly Dorozenski said.
"It is a little bit windy. It is dirty and dusty — not the most comfortable place I've hung out," protester Kelly Mitchell said via cell phone Tuesday evening. "Our top priority has been safety and being protected from the elements."
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