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Posts tagged Illinois Environmental Council
Clean Energy Lobby Day goes virtual
CEJA backers claim record support as more than 1,000 lobby legislators online
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Coalition, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Clean Energy Lobby Day, Tonyisha Harris, Illinois Environmental Council, William Hall, St. James Community Church, J.B. Pritzker, Michelle Knox, WindSolarUSA, Future Energy Jobs Act, Chama St. Louis, Peoria People's Project, Eduardo Flores, Clean Power Lake County, Mary Ellen DeClue, Tylor Dove, SIUE
CEJA pushed to back burner by COVID
But issues are connected, especially on equity, say IEC’s Walling, Sen. Castro
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Act, Clean Energy Jobs, CEJA, Cristina Castro, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Chicago Area Public Affairs Group, Jen Walling, Illinois Environmental Council, J.B. Pritzker, Path to 100, Future Energy Jobs Act, Vistra Energy, ComEd, Exelon, Illinois Nuclear Energy, Illinois Solar Energy, Illinois Wind Energy, COVID-19 Disparities
Pritzker recommits to clean-energy economy
Governor establishes eight principles for legislation, backed by environmentalists
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Ted CoxCEJA, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Clean Energy Jobs Act, J.B. Pritzker, ComEd, ComEd Bribery, Colleen Smith, Illinois Environmental Council, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Ann Williams, U.S. Department of Justice, J.C. Kibbey, Illinois Solar Energy, Cristina Castro
Congressional Dems seek to add food stamps to farmers' markets
Reps. Kelly, Garcia, Rush back Sens. Duckworth, Durbin
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Ted CoxFood Stamps, SNAP Benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Robin Kelly, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Bobby Rush, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, USDA, Illinois Environmental Council, Farmers Market Coalition
Environmentalists bash Trump for 'brazen' move on clean cars
Illinois Environmental Council charges EPA is ‘abdicating’ enforcement
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Bobcat 'harvest' remains level
But for the first time more bobcats are taken with traps than with guns or arrows
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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
Bobcat season looms despite lower population estimate
Legal hunting area enlarged and state limit set at 500 by feds
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Ted CoxIllinois Bobcats, Illinois Bobcat Hunting, Illinois Bobcat Harvest, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Jen Walling, Jennifer Kuroda, Illinois Environmental Council, Illinois Bobcat Foundation, Western Illinois University, The Southern Illinoisan, Mike Chervinko, Stan McTaggart
Chicago goat farm bucks new regulations
Illinois Environmental Council joins fight against ordinance that would ‘jeopardize urban agriculture’
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AG Raoul joins suit backing Calif. on car emissions
Bad precedent could affect Clean Energy Jobs Act
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Ted CoxKwame Raoul, J.B. Pritzker, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Xavier Becerra, California Advanced Clean Car Standards, Donald Trump, Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Jennifer Walling, Illinois Environmental Council, Jack Darin, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Colleen Connell, ACLU of Illinois, Citizens Utility Board
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
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
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
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
Environmental activists rip bill meant to 'intimidate' energy protests
‘It really should be called the Protect Big Energy From the People Bill’
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Ted CoxTabitha Tripp, Cary Shepherd, Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment, Illinois Environmental Council, Elizabeth Kosuth, Illinois People's Action, Illinois House Progressive Caucus, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Kylah Johnston, People's Lobby, Taylor Blevons, Greenpeace, Illinois Environmental Protests, Free Speech, First Amendment
Environmentalists hit Farm Bureau on endangered monarchs
Illinois Environmental Council says good PR is meant to pass bad bill
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Ted CoxJen Walling, Illinois Environmental Council, Illinois Farm Bureau, Lyndsey Ramsey, Bill Bodine, Monarch Butterflies, Endangered Species, Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Monarch Project, Andrew Chesney, Fred Crespo
Bobcat 'harvest' closes short of limit
Some 343 bobcats were taken during the three-month season, but the hunt remains controversial
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Rauner pledges VW settlement to improve air quality
The first $20 million will go to Chicago mass transit, but electric school buses and statewide grants will follow
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Illinois EPA, IEPA, Alec Messina, Jen Walling, Illinois Environmental Council, Dynegy, VW Settlement, Illinois Pollution, Electric School Buses, Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Benjamin Brockschmidt
