Dossier
General Iron
Coverage of General Iron in the Nexus archive.
- After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built the nation’s largest air monitoring network
Chicago built the nation's largest air monitoring network, Open Air Chicago, following a civil rights complaint over relocating General Iron's operation. The network, with 277 monitors, focuses on overburdened neighborhoods to provide real-time pollution data and inform urban planning. The project aims to address uneven air quality, especially during hotter summers exacerbated by climate change.