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Posts tagged Sierra Club Illinois Chapter
Pritzker recommits to clean-energy economy
Governor establishes eight principles for legislation, backed by environmentalists
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Ted Cox August 24, 2020 CEJA , 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
CEJA: Stronger than dirty energy
And stronger than ever as sponsors, activists cheer key changes, push for passage this fall
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Ted Cox August 5, 2020 CEJA , Clean Energy Jobs Coalition , Ann Williams , Cristina Castro , Jack Darin , Sierra Club Illinois Chapter , ComEd , Dulce Ortiz , Clean Power Lake County , Tony Pierce , Illinois People's Action , Tonyisha Harris , Andrew Barbeau , J.B. Pritzker , Donald Trump
Bobcat 'harvest' remains level
But for the first time more bobcats are taken with traps than with guns or arrows
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State of the State: 'Growing stronger each day'
Pritzker blasts doomsayers, touts achievements, looks ahead to ethics reform, clean energy, lower property taxes
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Ted Cox January 29, 2020 J.B. Pritzker , Pritzker State of the State , Rebuild Illinois , Illinois Legal Cannabis , Illinois Childhood Development , CCAP , Bonnie Brackett , Heartland Kids Early Learning Center , Illinois Ethics Reform , Illinois Criminal Justice Reform , Clean Energy Jobs Act , Ann Williams , Jack Darin , Sierra Club Illinois Chapter , Illinois Property Taxes
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 Cox January 7, 2020 Donald 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
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 Cox November 26, 2019 EPA , 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
Clean Energy Jobs Act heads into smoke-filled veto session
Legislators, activists say it smooths path from fossil fuels to solar, wind
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Ted Cox October 23, 2019 Clean Energy Jobs Act , CEJA , Scott Bennett , J.B. Pritzker , Tracy Fox , Central Illinois Healthy Community Alliance , Illinois People's Action , Vistra Energy , Peabody Mining , Renner Barsella , Sierra Club Beyond Coal , Sierra Club , Sierra Club Illinois Chapter , Vermillion River , Vermillion River Coal Ash , Illinois Coal Ash , Rita Mayfield , Midwest Generation , Juliana Pino , Little Village Environmental Justice Organization , Illinois Youth Climate Strike
Climate-strike marchers stage Chicago die-in
Illinois Youth Climate Strike is joined by veteran environmentalists in calling for a climate emergency
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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 Cox September 24, 2019 Kwame 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 Cox August 21, 2019 Vistra 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 Cox July 30, 2019 Donald 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
Anti-protest energy bill stalls in Senate
Environmentalists cheer victory over measure that would have turned protest offenses into felonies
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Ted Cox May 30, 2019 Michael Hastings , Jack Darin , Sierra Club Illinois Chapter , Rich Miller , Capitol Fax , Greenpeace , Annie Leonard , Tabitha Tripp , Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment , Elizabeth Kosuth , Illinois People's Action , Illinois House Progressive Caucus
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 Cox May 14, 2019 Tabitha 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
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 Cox April 22, 2019 Sierra 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
Jail protesters for felony trespassing?
Sierra Club, House Progressive Caucus rip bill that would have ‘chilling effect on free speech’
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Ted Cox April 11, 2019 Will Guzzardi , Delia Ramirez , Carol Ammons , Jack Darin , Sierra Club Illinois Chapter , Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment , Illinois House Progressive Caucus , Legal Marijuana , Illinois Marijuana Legalization , ACLU , NAACP , Kelly Cassidy
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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Governor's Mansion gets green certification
First lady Diana Rauner cheers Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design designation for ‘People’s House’
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Ted Cox January 10, 2019 Bruce Rauner , Diana Rauner , Illinois Governor's Mansion , LEED Buildings , LEED Certification , Illinois Governor's Mansion Association , Sierra Club Illinois Chapter , Philip Hamp , J.B. Pritzker , M.K. Pritzker
Evanston OKs ambitious plan on climate change
The Climate Action and Resilience Plan makes the city the first in Illinois and the 100th nationwide to join the Ready for 100 program from the Sierra Club
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Ted Cox December 11, 2018 Evanston City Council , Stephen Hagerty , Donald Trump , Donald Wilson , Judy Fiske , Eleanor Revelle , Melissa Wynne , Jack Darin , Sierra Club Illinois Chapter , Sierra Club , Ready for 100 , Ready for 100 Chicago Collective , Lorraine Morton , Elizabeth Tisdahl
Environmental groups push cities for clean energy
Illinois Sierra Club leads formation of Ready for 100 Chicago Collective with eyes also on other state cities such as Evanston
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Ted Cox December 5, 2018 Sierra Club Illinois Chapter , Sierra Club , Ready for 100 , Ready for 100 Chicago Collective , LEED Buildings , Rahm Emanuel , Uptake Chicago , Citizens Utility Board , IBEW , Chicago United for Equity , Bronzeville Urban Development , Paul Douglas , Paul Douglas Institute , University of Chicago , Climate Reality Project , Donald Trump , Ravi Baichwal , WLS-TV , Evanston , Evanston City Council , Kady McFadden
Activists cheer election results
Forward Illinois says the election wasn’t partisan so much as it showed widespread appeal for a progressive agenda
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Ted Cox November 7, 2018 Jack Darin , Jennifer Welch , Kady McFadden , Forward Illinois , Planned Parenthood Illinois Action , Sierra Club Illinois Chapter , SEIU , Equality Illinois , Mike Ziri , Illinois Minimum Wage , Kwame Raoul , J.B. Pritzker , Bruce Rauner , Donald Trump , Mike Pence , AFSCME Council 31 , Janus v. AFSCME , Janus , Illinois Working Families
