Rally to Close Prairie State Coal Plant
Central Illinois groups, including EJC, host rally in front of Sen. Bennett’s office on August 16 to urge him to support closing Prairie State coal plant.
Central Illinois groups, including EJC, host rally in front of Sen. Bennett’s office on August 16 to urge him to support closing Prairie State coal plant.
Urge Senator Scott Bennett to pass the Governor’s clean energy and climate bill that would close Prairie State coal plant by 2035, unless owners can show they can sequester 90% of the carbon emitted.
Please take a few moments and send a letter to the Commission today asking that the benefits of Future Energy Jobs Act is available to everyone in Illinois!
On September 20, 2012, the Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) gave its Leadership Award to the Chicago Clean Power Coalition for its work to close Chicago’s two coal-fired power plants. These plants were two of the dirtiest in the country, and called out by the NAACP in their report “Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People” as two of the worst environmental justice offenders of all 431 coal plants surveyed in the country.
Pam Richart, Eco-Justice Collaborative (EJC), and Christine Nannicelli, Sierra Club, accepted the award on behalf of the Coalition. EJC initiated the work that led to the creation of the coalition in 2009.
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