[net-gold] UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY : UNITED STATES: CITIES: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS : ENVIRONMENT: POLLUTION: Koch Brothers To Face Lawsuit Over Swirling Chicago Petcoke Pollution
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UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY :
UNITED STATES: CITIES: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS :
ENVIRONMENT: POLLUTION:
Koch Brothers To Face Lawsuit Over Swirling Chicago Petcoke Pollution
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Koch Brothers To Face Lawsuit Over Swirling Chicago Petcoke Pollution
By Emily Atkin
April 30, 2014 at 4:20 pm
Climate Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/30/3432796/koch-getting-sued/
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Two environmental groups on Monday sent a letter to billionaire brothers
Charles and David Koch, saying they intend to file a lawsuit against them
for polluting a primarily low-income area of Chicago with thick, black,
oily dust.
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The letter sent by the Southeast Environmental Task Force (SETF) and
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) gave official 90-day notice of
intent to sue the Koch brothers and 10 of their companies, including the
KCBX Terminals Company, in federal court. The lawsuit will seek to hold
them liable for the harmful effects of pollution caused by coal and
petroleum coke, or petcoke a dusty byproduct of tar sands oil refining
which their companies allegedly help store in large piles along the
Calumet river on Chicagos southeast side.
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Because petcoke can be used as fuel, KCBX buys it from the Detroit
Marathon Oil Refinery and stores it in piles by the river until it can be
shipped and sold on the international market. When the wind blows, though,
the dusty petcoke blows from the piles into the air, settling onto peoples
homes and into the river.
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The resulting soot has harmed human health, the environment, and overall
quality of life, the groups letter said.
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Kochs neighbors have kept the windows and doors of their homes closed in
an effort to limit their exposure to dust, only to discover that some
still finds its way inside, the letter said, sparing little detail into
the lives of those who reside near the piles:
They have tasted dust in their mouths and seen dust settle on their
skin and discolor their clothes. . They have been unable to gather for
barbeques and outdoor markets without having black dust fall on their
faces and clothes and contaminate their food. They have been forced to
suspend outdoor games by storms that fill the air with swirling black
dust. They have worried about letting children play outside. They have
smelled foul odors that leave them feeling nauseous and exhausted. They
have struggled to breathe.
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This noxious pollution is part of daily life for Kochs neighbors. It
worsens each time the wind blows.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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