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DESCRIPTION:Chicago and Joliet residents and community leaders will meet 
 at a women and climate justice tribunal\, which organizers say will high
 light impacts on women and their communities realized from living with a
 ir pollution generated by coal plants in Joliet and Romeoville and the d
 umping of toxic coal ash by Midwest Generation in a nearby\, unlined qua
 rry.\nThe tribunal also will highlight the importance of cleaning up hea
 vily polluted sites after power plants are closed\, using two Chicago co
 al plants as examples.\nExperts will frame each case and women from the 
 impacted communities will share their experiences and stories. Judges wi
 ll then render a verdict with recommendations that will be taken to Rio 
 +20 United Nations Earth Summit on June 20-22\, 2012.\nWitnesses will in
 clude impacted women from Joliet\, Romeoville and Chicago.\nJurists are 
 Marta Benavides\, Human Rights Activist\, El Salvador\; Jacqui Patterson
 \, NAACP's Climate Justice Initiative\; Kelly Mitchell\, Greenpeace\; an
 d Brian Perbix\, Prairie Rivers Network.\nOrganizations will include Cit
 izens Against Ruining the Environment\; Feminist Taskforce\; Loretto Com
 munity at the UN\; Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization\;
  and the Eco-Justice Collaborative.\nFor more information contact: Ellen
  Rendulich at 815-834-1611 or Mary Burnitz at 815-838-5604\, CARE\;&nbsp
 \; or Edyta Sitko\, Greenpeace\, at 812-219-4644.
URL:http://bolingbrook.patch.com/events/women-and-climate-justice-tribuna
 l
SUMMARY:Women and Climate Justice Tribunal
LOCATION:329 S. Ottawa St.\, Joliet\, IL 60431: 329 S. Ottawa St.\, Jolie
 t\, IL
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