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Theresa Reyes McNamara, center, president of the Southwest Environmental Alliance, speaks as attendees cheer at a demonstration against the renewal of Sims Metal Management’s permit and against environmental racism on Jan. 17, 2022, in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. (Raquel Zaldivar / Chicago Tribune)