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===April 2010: Proposed Retrofitting of Chicago's Coal PlantsClean Power ordinance introduced=== On April 13, 2010, Chicago lawmakers proposed new air regulations to curb emissions from the city's two coal-burning power plants, [[Fisk Generating Station|Fisk]] and [[Crawford Generating Station|Crawford]]. The plants, both set in heavily populated South Side neighborhoods, have long have been among the city's worst polluters, emitting more than 14,300 tons of soot and other air pollutants each year, and nearly 5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2007. The ordinance would require the Fisk and Crawford plants to cut particulate emissions by 90 percent from existing levels by [[Retrofit vs. Phase-Out of Coal-Fired Power Plants|retrofitting]] the plants with pollution controls, such as [[scrubbers]], and lower greenhouse gas emissions.<ref>Michael Tarm,[http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=279548 "Illinois: Chicago lawmakers propose tougher coal-plant rules"] TH Online, April 14, 2010.</ref> The ordinance establishes that if a plant installation has a quarterly emissions average that exceeds the federal and state limits, the owner will be fined up to $10,000 and will have to suspend its operations until pollution controls are installed to ensure it complies with the standards. The measure gained support from a majority of the City Council but was denied a formal committee hearing until April 2011, when a vote was deferred. The measure was returned to the Council's agenda in July 2011 on the initiative of Aldermen Daniel Solis and Joe Moore, but no date has been set for a vote on it.<ref>[http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/09/20/environmentalists-call-for-end-to-coal-fired-power-in-chicago/#ixzz1YWvHUiNB "Environmentalists call for end to coal-fired power in Chicago"] FOX News, Sep. 20, 2011.</ref>