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Bustos calls for boost to biofuels
As oil prices crash, U.S. rep. says biofuels ‘must not be left in the rearview mirror’
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Cheri Bustos, Sonny Perdue, Illinois Ethanol, Illinois Biofuels, Illinois Farmers, USDA, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, EPA, Trump Trade War, Oil Prices
Environmentalists bash Trump for 'brazen' move on clean cars
Illinois Environmental Council charges EPA is ‘abdicating’ enforcement
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AG Raoul joins calls for new EtO standards
Attorneys suing Sterigenics back stand, call it ‘critical and urgent public-health issue’
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Ted CoxSterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO in Lake County, Kwame Raoul, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, EPA, Antonio Romanucci, Matt Haller, Matt Haller Act
EPA workers demand Bill of Rights
‘The Trump administration has declared war on the EPA and its workers,’ says union leader Nicole Cantello
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, EPA, EPA Region 5, Nicole Cantello, AFGE Local 704, EPA Workers' Bill of Rights, Felicia Chase, Andrew Wheeler, Cathy Stepp, Brian Urbaszewski, Respiratory Health Association, Loreen Targos, Ronald Reagan, Scott Walker, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Illinois Environmental Council
Durbin, Bustos rip Trump on ethanol
Senator says new EPA rule is ‘watered down,’ congresswoman calls it ‘complete failure’ for farmers
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Ethanol, Illinois Biofuels, Renewable Fuel Standard, EPA, Donald Trump, Robin Hanna, Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University, Illinois Farm Bureau
IFB prez calls for free trade
But speech at annual Illinois Farm Bureau meeting also attacks ‘green initiative,’ Pritzker fair tax
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Ted CoxRichard Guebert Jr., Illinois Farm Bureau, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Graduated Income Tax, Climate Change, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, US-China Business Council, EPA, Ethanol Waivers, Illinois Biofuels, Waters of the United States
Report seeks to spur reinvestment in IEPA
Environmental watchdog ‘between a rock and a hard place’ with fading federal commitment, additional state mandates
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Ted CoxEPA, IEPA, Bubbly Creek, Mark Templeton, University of Chicago, Abrams Environmental Law Clinic, University of Chicago Law School, Mary Gade, Doug Scott, Bharat Mathur, EPA Region 5, Sterigenics, Pat Quinn, Bruce Rauner, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter
Duckworth prompts feds to test Sauget
Agency that detected Willowbrook cancer cluster to monitor Veolia incinerator
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Veolia North America Trade Waste Incinerator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Sterigenics, Better Government Association, BGA, EPA, Sean O'Donnell, Willowbrook Cancer Cluster
BGA confirms Trump EPA cut staff, investigations
Region 5 Great Lakes inspections have plummeted 60 percent under President Trump
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Ted CoxEPA, Donald Trump, BGA, EPA Region 5, Felicia Chase, Nicole Cantello, Jerry Costello, Cathy Stepp, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Ethylene Oxide, Sterigenics
Casten pins down EPA on science
New EPA ‘transparency’ rules would actually block scientific data, critics say
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Betrayed farmers lobby EPA for ethanol
IFB VP decries ‘classic bait and switch,’ says, ‘The rules have changed and now rural America is losing’
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Ted CoxIllinois Farm Bureau, EPA, Ethanol Waivers, Illinois Ethanol, Donald Trump, Renewable Fuel Standard, Brian Duncan, Sonny Perdue, USDA, Tammy Duckworth, Rodney Davis, Adam Nielsen
Air pollution on the rise
Small particulate matter increases for first time since 2010, with concentration in Illinois
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Ted CoxEPA, IEPA, Donald Trump, Small Particulate Matter, Fine Particulate Matter, PM2.5, National Bureau of Economic Research, Clean Air Act, Andrew Wheeler, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Particulate Matter Review Panel
House committee told to limit EtO statewide
Industry experts compare carcinogen to everyday food treatments for apples, pears, red meat
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Rita Mayfield, Margaret Donnell, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO in Lake County, Jim Durkin, John Curran, Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, J.B. Pritzker, Lauren Kaeseberg, Tea Tanaka, Christian Mitchell, John Kim, IEPA, EPA, Bruce Rauner, Mark Biel, Kimberly White, Gail Charnley, Daniel Didech, Scott Pruitt, Andrew Wheeler
Farmers cheer Trump biofuel concessions
Corn, soybean farmers greet proposal as Rep. Davis presses for details
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Ted CoxIllinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Soybean Growers, Illinois Corn Growers Association, Illinois Biofuels, Illinois Ethanol, Ethanol Waivers, Donald Trump, EPA, USDA, Rodney Davis, Richard Guebert Jr., Doug Schroeder, Ted Mottaz
To 500 and beyond: End-of-summer review
Farmers said, ‘Enough,’ the drumbeat for impeachment pounded, bills were signed into law, and Scabby the Rat faced off against Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Scabby the Rat, Vose's Korndogs, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, USDA, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Capital Bill, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Illinois Education Funding, Paraeducators, Ameya Pawar, Universal Basic Income, Jan Schakowsky, Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Bill Foster, Bill Brady, Better Government Association, BGA, EPA
Duckworth: Lake County slighted on EtO
Senator says low-income ‘communities of color’ bear brunt of carcinogenic pollution
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Ted CoxStop EtO, Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Tammy Duckworth, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Clean Power Lake County, Sierra Clubs Woods & Wetlands Group, Faith in Place, Tea Tanaka, EPA, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, Barack Obama
Congressional Dems renew call for revised EtO standards
Letter to EPA head says agency is ‘taking too long’
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, EPA, Andrew Wheeler, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Sean Casten, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski, IEPA, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin
Stop Sterigenics rejects deal to reopen EtO firm
Atty. Gen. Raoul, DuPage State’s Atty. Berlin defend agreement, say new state law will protect residents
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Ted CoxSterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Jim Durkin, John Curran, Deanne Mazzochi, Kwame Raoul, Robert Berlin, IEPA, EPA, Matt Haller, John Kim, Donald Trump, J.B. Pritzker
Trump imposes 'illegal directive' on EPA
Members of Congress join EPA workers in charging ‘attack on science,’ environment, and civil servants
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Jan Schakowsky, Danny Davis, Don Villar, Scabby the Rat, EPA, Nicole Cantello, Climate Change, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Illinois Environmental Council, Colleen Smith, Matt Muchowski, AFGE, AFGE Local 704, Chicago Federation of Labor
Pritzker signs bills applying 'tourniquet' on ethylene oxide
Lake County finds new EtO spike near Medline in Waukegan
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin, Melinda Bush, Stop EtO, Matt Haller, Colleen Haller, IEPA, EPA, Tea Tanaka
