NAACP Climate Justice Initiative Clearing the Air Road Tour

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Resident and nurse Kimberly Harrington comments on the health effects of the Fisk Plant in Chicago

In April 2010, Jacqui Patterson of the NAACP Climate Justice Initiative spent nine days interviewing local residents of communities near coal plants in New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Colorado, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. Patterson's accounts can be found here:

• Day 1: New Jersey - Hudson Generating Station and PurGen One
• Day 2: Cleveland, Ohio - Lake Shore Plant
• Day 3: River Rouge, Michigan - River Rouge Power Plant
• Day 4: New Albany, Indiana - Gallagher Generating Station
• Day 5: Chicago, Illinois - Fisk Generating Station and Crawford Generating Station
• Day 6: Denver, Colorado - Cherokee Station
• Day 7: Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Valley Power Plant
• Day 8: Hammond, Indiana - State Line Plant
• Day 9: Bridgeport, Connecticut - Bridgeport Harbor Station

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