Lightfoot orders new study of Southeast Side pollution after Biden EPA and neighborhood activists raise concerns about proposed scrap shredder

Activist Gregory Miller speaks as protesters pause at Diversey and Milwaukee avenues in Chicago March 4, 2021. The group is opposed to Reserve Management Group opening a new scrap metal shredding facility along the Calumet River at 116th Street in Chicago. Before marching, they rallied near the home of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)