Transforming Agriculture in the Midwest
Transforming Agriculture in the Midwest highlights opportunities for Midwesterners to to reduce harmful GHG emissions from agriculture and food systems.
History of Illinois Coal Mining
Watch Illinois’ history with coal. The video features slavery, prosperity, and uprisings & disasters that led to labor & environmental laws.
Growing Food and Energy: Agrivoltaics
Agrivotaics is creating a world where we can use the sun twice: once to produce power from solar energy; and the second to grow food.
Dynegy Presents Its Plans for the Middle Fork
On December 9, 2021 Dynegy Midwest Generation presented its plans to remove coal ash stored in the floodplain of the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River.
Protect the Kaskaskia River
Act today to protect the Kaskaskia from thermal pollution discharge by the Prairie State coal plant in southwestern Illinois!
Information Meeting on Coal Ash Removal
Dynegy is hold a public meeting on December 9 for the public to ask questions or state concerns over their plans to remove coal ash from the Middle Fork.
Victory! Dynegy Will Move Its Ash
Victory! After a multi-year campaign, Dynegy has agreed to move its ash out of the floodplain of the Middle Fork, Illinois’ National Scenic River.
Sounding the Climate Alarm
The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Working Group 1 report sounded an alarm – we have until 2040 to prevent a future of permanent, catastrophic climate change.
CEJA Signed by Gov. Pritzker!
Gov. Pritzker signed the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act into law on 9/15/2! This act puts IL consumers and climate first, and generates thousands of jobs.
CEJA Ready to be Signed by Illinois Governor
CEJA, the historic Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, has now passed both the Illinois House and Senate and is on its way to the Governor’s desk for signature.