VICE News has produced this 15-minute documentary on the controversy over storing petroleum coke on the banks of Chicago’s Calumet River.

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First it was Detroit, now ‘PetKoch’ piling up in Chicago (Oct 14, 2013)

In Chicago, neighbors say petcoke rules full of loopholes (Jan 14, 2014)

Industry says ‘no emergency’ on petcoke, blasts Illinois rules (Jan 23, 2014)

BP faces tough questions from neighbors in Whiting, Indiana (Feb 14, 2014)

Ken is the director of the Energy News Network at Fresh Energy and is a founding editor of both Midwest Energy News and Southeast Energy News. Prior to joining Fresh Energy, he was the managing editor for online news at Minnesota Public Radio. He started his journalism career in 2002 as a copy editor for the Duluth News Tribune before spending five years at the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, where he worked as a copy editor, online producer, features editor and night city editor. A Nebraska native, Ken has a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a master's degree from the University of Oregon. He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors.

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