Jan
18
Chicago Pollutes NWI Air
Filed Under Chicago, IDEM, Lake County, Northwest Indiana, Porter County, air quality, environment | Leave a Comment
An IDEM official says that Chicago is polluting Northwest Indiana air.
Writes the Post-Tribune’s Gitte Laasby:
When Lake and Porter counties have ozone problems on hot days, don’t blame the region’s heavy lakeshore industries. Indiana’s top environmental official suggests you look toward Chicago instead.
“The No. 1 contributor (to ozone problems in Lake and Porter counties) is Chicago,” Indiana Department of Environmental Management Commissioner Tom Easterly said in a recent Portage appearance.
Not so fast, an Illinois public heath expert counters. …
It makes sense that the wind blowing from the west would carry away pollution created in Illinois into Northwest Indiana. But, I still wouldn’t give Indiana’s heavy industries free reign to pump out more pollution just because Chicago is contributing to our air quality problems.
