
Bubbly Creek: An Environmental Quagmire
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For a century, Bubbly Creek has been mired in literal and political muck.
More than a century after Upton Sinclair described a stretch of the Chicago River as “a great open sewer,” Bubbly Creek is still plagued by waste – and the restoration process has been mired in its own political muck. Carol Marin and students from DePaul University’s Center for Journalism Integrity have this report.
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Bubbly Creek: An Environmental Quagmire
Clip: 6/10/2019 | 7m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
More than a century after Upton Sinclair described a stretch of the Chicago River as “a great open sewer,” Bubbly Creek is still plagued by waste – and the restoration process has been mired in its own political muck. Carol Marin and students from DePaul University’s Center for Journalism Integrity have this report.
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