Petcokealerts.org Launches as Collaboration Between Chi Hack Night and Local Advocacy Group
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—August 20, 2015. The Chicago Coalition to Ban Petcoke is hosting a community meeting to set the record straight regarding the storage and transport of petroleum coke in the Southeast side of Chicago. Petcokealerts.org is a new website which allows residents of Chicago’s Tenth Ward to receive text message updates when windy conditions increase their exposure to petcoke. Petcoke is a fine, powdery byproduct of the oil refining process. Long term exposure to petcoke in the air, like any fine particulate matter . . .
