Coal for the Rich

Coal for the Rich

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Students from Columbia College in Chicago came together with Greenpeace and The Yes Lab to take on the Chicago coal industry. The group created an elaborate scheme to announce that a new coal plant was planned—but instead of going in a poor neighborhood (like the two coal plants that already exist), this one would be built in a rich one. For the sequence of how it all happened, see the plans and notices page. See also WBEZ: Coal power plant hoax in South Loop.