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Old Rock Island Courthouse saved — for now
Appellate court sides with preservationists led by Landmarks Illinois, orders county to follow state law
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Ted CoxRock Island County Courthouse, Landmarks Illinois, Bonnie McDonald, Frederick Gunn, Louis Curtis, Walter Braud, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Rock Island Preservation Society, Broadway Historic District, Fred Shaw, Diane Oestreich, Illinois State Historic Resources Preservation Act, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IEPA
Illinois Monarch Project launches website
20-year revival plan has role for everyone, from farmers to city gardeners, as ‘every milkweed stem counts’
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Ted CoxIllinois Monarch Project, Illinois Farm Bureau, National Pollinator Week, Monarch Butterflies, Donald Trump, Illinois Corn Growers Association, Illinois Soybean Association, Illinois Milk Producers, Illinois Pork Producers Association, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IEPA, Monarch Watch
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
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
Stop Sterigenics rips IEPA EtO permit
Grassroots group turns focus to General Assembly’s fall veto session to ban ethylene oxide
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Ted CoxSterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, IEPA, Lauren Kaesberg, John Kim, Kwame Raoul, Gary Grasso, Jim Durkin, Rita Mayfield, Frank Trilla, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Andrea Thome
Vistra closing four coal-powered plants
Sen. Manar, environmentalists charge ‘clean’ plants are being closed to leave ‘dirty’ ones operating
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Ted CoxVistra Energy, Dynegy, Andy Manar, Curt Morgan, IEPA, Illinois Pollution Control Board, Illinois Coal, Illinois Coal Plants, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Jack Darin, Illinois Environmental Council, Colleen Smith
Hundreds protest against Sterigenics reopening
‘We want them gone,’ says Stop Sterigenics, after ‘fairly contentious’ public meeting
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Sri Rao, Stop Sterigenics, Sterigenics, IEPA, Matt Haller, Colleen Haller, Kwame Raoul, Robert Berlin, John Curran, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions
Environmentalists cheer new law on coal ash
Pritzker defies Trump trend to tighten environmental regulations
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Coal Ash, Illinois Coal, Scott Bennett, Carol Ammons, IEPA, Illinois Pollution Control Board, Vermillion River, SAFE, Colleen Smith, Illinois Environmental Council, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Jack Darin, Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Pam Richart, Eco-Justice Collaborative, Jennifer Cassel, Earthjustice, Dulce Ortiz, Clean Power Lake County
Activists seek hearing on mine pipeline to Big Muddy River
SAFE charges wastewater would pollute river, increase flood risk
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Ted CoxCameron Smith, Jan Thomas, SAFE, Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment, Illinois Sierra Club, IEPA, Frederick Douglass, Williamson Energy, Pond Creek Mine, Will Stephens, Kim Biggs
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
Pollution panel raps coal contamination
Illinois Pollution Control Board rules coal plants contaminated water in Waukegan, Pekin, Joliet, Will County
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Ted CoxIllinois Coal Plants, Illinois Coal, NRG Energy, Midwest Generation, Illinois Pollution Control Board, IEPA, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Beyond Coal, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Prairie Rivers Network, Citizens Against Ruining the Environment, Donald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Vistra Energy, Dulce Ortiz, Ellen Rendulich, Faith Bugel, Jeffrey Hammons, Andrew Rehn, David Knox
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
EPA workers 'shackled' by Trump in enforcing EtO regulations
Groups blame lax EPA for cancer scare in Willowbrook, Lake County
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Ted CoxNicole Cantello, AFGE Local 704, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, EPA, IEPA, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Donald Trump, Bill Wehrum, Andrew Wheeler, Bryce Hensley, Romanucci & Blandic, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, J, J.C. Kibbey, Natural Resources Defense Council, Illinois Environmental Council, Sri Rao, Colleen Smith
Dems ask EPA to inspect Lake County EtO firms
Members of Congress call for testing at Medline, Vantage
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Ted CoxEPA, IEPA, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Andrew Wheeler, Cathy Stepp, Donald Trump, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski
One Illinois is 1
A new guv, a new fair tax, and a new record cold temperature: looking back on our first anniversary
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Income Tax, M.K. Pritzker, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Sports Betting, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Infrastructure, Illinois Capital Bill, Harley Clarke Mansion, Great River Tug Fest, IEPA, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO, Lori Lightfoot, Mike Henry, Tyrone Coleman, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Andy Manar, Carlinville High School, Chicago Urban League, Rich Krueger
Court tosses Sterigenics suit
Federal judge dismisses Sterigenics case against IEPA, preserves seal order
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Ted CoxSterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO, IEPA, EtO Emissions, Ethylene Oxide, John Kim, Lisa Madigan, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals
Congressional Dems demand Lake County EtO tests
Sens. Duckworth, Durbin, five reps. call for federal action as the EPA stands idly by
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Ted CoxEPA, IEPA, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski, EtO Emissions, Stop EtO, Stop Sterigenics, Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Lisa Madigan
Sierra Club opposes coal-ash water dump
Dynegy’s Wood River power plant in East Alton seeks permit for process environmentalists call ‘cap and run’
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Ted CoxSierra Club Illinois Chapter, Sierra Club, Piasa Palisades Sierra Club, Dynegy, Vistra Energy, Wood River Power Plant, Coal Ash, IEPA, Earthjustice, Prairie Rivers Network, Environmental Integrity Project, EPA, Toni Oplt, Metro East Green Alliance, Illinois Environment, Illinois Water
