Rockton Residents Provide Testimony at US EPA Listening Session on Chemical Disasters
July 8, 2021
Three weeks after an explosion at Chemtool Inc., a chemical plant in northern Illinois, Rockton residents are speaking up about how the disaster could have been prevented and how mitigation efforts should be improved.
Sierra Club Hosts Panel to Educate Public on the Toll of Longwall Mining
June 21, 2021
Coal companies describe longwall mining as “planned subsistence,” but community activists describe it as “planned destruction.”
NRG Announces 2022 Retirement of Waukegan, Will Co Coal Plants as Negotiations for Comprehensive Energy Reform Continue
June 17, 2021
Waukegan Advocates say, “The world will not wait for Springfield, communities need clean energy transition now.”
Two Bills Reducing Exposure to Toxic “Forever Chemicals” Head to Gov. Pritzker’s Desk
May 29, 2021
Two major environmental bills that protect Illinoisans from exposure to toxic “forever chemicals” called PFAS passed out of the Illinois General Assembly and heads now to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk.
Sierra Club Statement in Response to Gov. Pritzker's Plans to Accelerate Electric Vehicles in Illinois
April 30, 2021
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced the IEPA would begin to revise the Volkswagen Settlement Funding Plan and offer a $9 million grant opportunity for electric school buses.
Forward Illinois Coalition Orgs Announce Backing in Two Critical Suburban Statehouse Races
October 5, 2020
Forward Illinois announces investments in two key statehouse races in Chicago's western suburbs.