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Imagine living without clean air For the people who lived on the doorstep of Monkton Coke Works their daily reality was a horrendous nightmare of hazardous and acrid sulfur dioxide emissions allpervading soot and clamorous tannoys Over decades the facility grew unflaggingly converting everincreasing quantities of coal into coke without concern for the residents wellbeing In forming the Hebburn Residents Action Group Jennie Shearan united and empowered the underrepresented residents of Monkton Lane Estate and gave them a voice igniting a national dialogue about the health risks from the pollution that her neighborhood had to endure CLEAN AIRis an exhilarating memento of the lengths that Jennie Shearan went to in order to secure environmental equity for her community It is a David and Goliath account of a fearless working class woman who put it all on the line and left no stone unturned in her uncompromising fight for the right to clean air
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