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

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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…

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.
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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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Commission Delays Decision on Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today delayed a vote on an historic proposal to retire and replace the state’s last nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, with lower-cost, pollution-free alternatives led by energy efficiency, solar, and wind…

No Route Is Safe for Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

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The Nebraska Public Service Commission today approved an alternate route for the proposed controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through Nebraska that will require significant additional examination and analysis.

Tax Cut Bill Favors Polluters over Clean Energy

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WASHINGTON – House Republicans released plans today calling for major tax cuts that would sharply increase the federal deficit and target valuable clean energy incentives fostering job growth and innovation in the American marketplace.

Commerce Ducks Public in Reporting on Drilling and Marine Areas

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WASHINGTON - Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reportedly has submitted an analysis to White House officials on the potential for oil and gas development in some of the nation’s most cherished and protected publicly owned waters. The move comes after extensive…

Consumer Agency to Ban Harmful Chemicals in Children’s Toys

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WASHINGTON – In a major victory for public health, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted today, 3-2, to ban several harmful phthalate chemicals from plastic used in children’s toys and child care articles.

Pruitt Purges Independent Scientists to Make America Toxic Again

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today announced a new policy to exclude any scientists who receive a research grant from EPA – typically academic scientists not affiliated with private companies – from serving on EPA science panels and advisory…

Trump Moving Ahead with a Dirty Power Plan

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WASHINGTON – With the Trump Administration poised to repeal the Clean Power Plan and try eventually to replace it with a fake plan that would aggravate climate change and further threaten public health, the following is a statement from David…

Bennet Bill Affirms Cost of Carbon Pollution on American Economy

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WASHINGTON – Eight senators led by Michael Bennet (D-CO) today introduced a bill that would require the government to evaluate the cost of carbon pollution on the American economy. Earlier this year, the Trump administration suspended the use of the…

Grid Reliability and Resilience Improve with More Low-Carbon Resources

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WASHINGTON – Bailing out costly giant power plants will not improve the electric grid’s resiliency but it will increase customer costs and pollution, the director of the Sustainable FERC Project housed within the Natural Resources Defense Council told a House…

Illinois’ First Fracking Permit Is a “Shoddy” Mess

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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources today approved its first permit under the state’s high volume fracking law. Experts at the NRDC had criticized the controversial permit application submitted by Woolsey Energy as lacking in key pieces of information.

New Federal Bill Would Ban Pesticide Toxic to Kids

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WASHINGTON – A bill introduced in the Senate today would protect children nationwide by banning chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities—from use on U.S. fruits and vegetables.

Trump EPA Preparing to Rubber Stamp Toxic Chemicals

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WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency is set to issue a rule today that will likely perpetuate public exposure to thousands of toxic chemicals in direct conflict with the intent of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).