EJC Blog Posts
Eco-Justice Collaborative's posts explore current issues around climate, sustainability, and justice. Each respects our mission and work in each of these areas, including local, regional or statewide campaigns.
Spill at Dan River
Watch this interview with Lynn Good, Duke Energy's CEO about their plans for coal ash. It will make you mad enough to act ... READ MORE
What Is Longwall Mining
Watch the Impacts of Coal Mining in Illinois
Click the above image or this link for the slide show. Photos are from one of EJC's delegations to central and southern Illinois. Learn more about longwall mining and the impacts of coal on Illinois communities by watching the video below, and visiting:Illinois Coal Hidden Costs Who's Behind the Scenes "Clean Coal"? It Doesn't Exist!
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Honor those Who Honor the Earth
Join EJC on Friday, September 12, as we join Wellington Avenue UCC in honoring the Shawnee Vinyard Indian Settlement and Chair, Barney Bush ... READ MORE
Time for Some City Repair!
Watch Mark explain artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking that honors the interconnection of human communities and the natural world ... READ MORE
Honor Poet / Activist Barney Bush
Honor Barney Bush and the Shawnee Vinyard Indian Settlement on September 12. Learn about their struggle against mining and fracking ... READ MORE
Taking Back Local Control
Take back local control through community rights ordinances. Don't communities have a right to determine what they want to see in their towns? Here's a success story ... READ MORE
“C” is for Cat? No … It’s for Coal
A bill before the Illinois House that would have ended a mandate for the state to prepare and provide coal education materials for kids met sharp resistance from lawmakers and the coal industry, who claimed environmentalists were waging a "war on coal" ... READ MORE
End Kids Coal Education in Illinois
Did you know that Illinois state law currently requires the development of a coal education program for our state’s children? ... READ MORE
