CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE & EQUITABLE JOBS ACT DOWNSTATE CAUCUS OF THE ICJC IMMEDIATE Action Required Stabilizing Earth’s temperature to significantly reduce risks to societies now requires greenhouse gas emissions to reach net zero by 2050. The IPCC acknowledges technologies capable of large-scale removal don’t yet are still being researched. Technologies such as carbon capture and […]
What actions can we take to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities from the devastating effects of climate change?
Earth to America … Is President Obama really serious about taking meaningful action to avert the worst effects of climate change?
Overpopulation, climate change, peak net energy, limits to growth, and economic malaise – are creating crises in human civilization never before experienced. But they also are causing an ongoing search for alternatives that not only meet human needs, but also protect and restore the environment upon which we all depend. Watch this presentation on Eco-Villages response to climate change by Albert Bates, Director of Global Institute for Appropriate Technology and get inspired to act!
A 50 Year Plan for Surviving Climate Change by Blake Davis The economy is the “canary in the coal mine” […]
Working with the Heartland Coalfield Alliance, EJC sends delegations of local activists to learn about the impact of coal mining in central and southern Illinois, which includes destruction of farmland, natural areas, and entire communities, and groundwater pollution from coal slurry and unlined pools of coal ash and sludge.
Like tar sands oil, much of Illinois’s high-sulfur coal is being exported to developing countries – which Richart argues should put to rest the argument that “all-of-the-above” development is needed for “energy independence.”
This past June, Eco-Justice Collaborative partnered with UN representatives to bring the second climate justice tribunal in the United States to Chicago.
Dr. James Hansen referred to his grandchildren in a 2012 TED talk and said “It would be immoral to leave these young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.” Climate change is a key driver behind our work at Eco-Justice Collaborative. Please take the time to watch this video, pass it along, and join our journey to work towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning from fossil fuels to a clean energy economy.
VICTORY!! EJC Announces Chicago’s Coal Plants Will Close Eco-Justice Collaborative, the initiator of the most recent campaign to close Chicago’s […]
Historic victory: Coal-free Chicago will electrify clean energy movement by Jeff Biggers, journalist and author, ‘Reckoning at Eagle Creek’ and ‘In […]
