A hearing about the Clean Power Ordinance, which would impose new limits on particulate matter and carbon dioxide emitted by Chicago's two coal-fired power plants, brought hundreds of supporters and opponents to City Hall today. Hard hat-wearing power plant employees, who said they were worried about losing their jobs if the bill is passed, packed the council's main chambers while green-clad environmental campaigners, who have long criticized how pollution from the Fisk and Crawford plants affects human health and contributes to climate change, periodically chanted outside as aldermen took testimony this morning.
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