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Clean Air Act Rollback Proposal Would Harm People's Health While Denying Basic Rights to Public Participation

BackgrounderUnited States, UtahIsabel Friedman
Federal and state governments must not risk communities' health by letting wealthy corporations and major polluters build first and ask permission later.

Illinois Cracks Down on Stacking Polluters in Overburdened Communities as Washington Retreats

Press ReleaseChicago
After decades of fighting to keep polluting industries out of their overburdened neighborhoods, Chicago's Southeast Side environmental justice community helped push the Illinois General Assembly to pass landmark environmental justice legislation. The measure, which now heads to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s…
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Community Wins Fight for the Illinois Environmental Justice Act

Ed Board MemoIllinoisGina Ramirez
For the first time, the people who breathe the air get a real seat at the table.

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Legal Analysis: Strong Likelihood EPA Climate Plan Will Stand Up in Court

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WASHINGTON (July 30, 2015) –The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan is likely to prevail against an expected barrage of legal challenges by big polluters and their allies, according to legal experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club…

New Urban Housing Rules Could ‘Level the Playing Field’

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WASHINGTON (July 8, 2015) – The new rules announced today by the Obama Administration requiring cities and towns to scrutinize their housing patterns for racial bias is an important and long-awaited step toward improving the lives of all Americans.

GOP Leaders Pack Anti-Environment Riders into Spending Bill

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WASHINGTON (July 7, 2015) – Congressional Republicans have been working to add an array of anti-environment riders to the $30.17 billion fiscal year 2016 Interior and Environment appropriations bill, which already included a 9 percent cut to the Environmental Protection…

Report: U.S. Pro Sports Shifting to More Sustainable Game Day Food

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CHICAGO (June 30, 2015) – Leading professional sports venues that serve all major leagues are now promoting more sustainable food options to fans, according to a new report by the Green Sports Alliance (GSA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council…

City Exiles More of Chicago's Petcoke Piles

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CHICAGO (June 24, 2015) – The City of Chicago recently informed a company storing massive mounds of oil refining waste on Chicago’s Southeast Side that no more of the material can ever move through one of its sites. The decision…

Health and Environmental Safeguards Under Attack by GOP Leadership

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WASHINGTON (June 18, 2015) – Congressional Republican leaders are adding numerous anti-environmental measures to must-pass appropriations bills and moving them through the House and a key Senate committee this week, despite a presidential veto threat and support for health and…

President Obama Pledges Federal Support for Western Drought

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WASHINGTON D.C. (June 12, 2015) – President Obama convened a meeting with leaders of several Western states today to discuss the federal response to a drought that has been ravaging the western part of the United States. Obama also announced…

White House Announces New Federal Purchasing Policy for Meat

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WASHINGTON (June 2, 2015) – At the White House’s Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship, the Administration released today a new memorandum directing federal agencies to create a preference for meat and poultry produced according to responsible antibiotic-use.