Protect the Great Lakes

Asian Carp Spreading, Threaten to Outmaneuver Feds 7/01/2010

The discovery of spawning Asian carp in the Wabash River shows the crisis is advancing on multiple fronts and demands aggressive and immediate action to deal with the Asian carp crisis, says Environment Illinois and a coalition of national and Great Lakes groups.

U.S. Senate Committee Passes Bill to Protect Great Lakes 6/30/2010

This morning, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed the Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act (S. 3073) and seven other bills to protect and restore America’s great waters including: the Long Island Sound, Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Puget Sound, San Francisco Bay, Columbia River, and our estuaries across the country.

Great Lakes Enviro Groups Petition President Obama for Change on Asian Carp 6/29/2010

Environment Illinois, along with an array of prominent national and Great Lakes conservation NGOs, is calling on President Obama to radically change the federal response to the ongoing Asian carp crisis.

Our Great Waters 6/22/2010

From the Chesapeake Bay to the Puget Sound to Lake Michigan to the San Francisco Bay, Americans throughout the country depend on our nation's great waters for fishing, recreation and clean drinking water. These environmental treasures and the economic benefits they provide can only continue to exist if their beauty and health are maintained.

The Nuclear Bailout: President Obama’s High Risk Gamble on New Reactors Undermines the Fight Against Global Warming 6/15/2010

In February 2010, the Obama administration announced that it would help finance two new nuclear reactors at the Vogtle nuclear power station in Georgia, offering an $8.33 billion loan guarantee to Georgia Power (a subsidiary of Southern Company) and two other companies invested in the project. President Obama claimed that the investment was necessary to create clean energy jobs, stimulate our economy to export homegrown technology instead of importing foreign oil, and secure the future of our planet and our civilization by fighting the growing threat of global warming. However, this loan is an expensive gamble on a technology with a long history of bankrupting utilities and soaking ratepayers. New nuclear reactors are not cheap, not clean, and will set America back in the race against global warming.

Some Good (And Green) News Out Of Springfield 5/30/2009

Amid the turmoil in the General Assembly this week, environmentalists and consumer groups quietly earned a big victory on Thursday night, passing a sizeable energy efficiency reform package (SB 1918) through both chambers.

FDA relied heavily on BPA lobby 5/17/2009

As federal regulators hold fast to their claim that a chemical in baby bottles is safe, e-mails obtained by the Journal Sentinel show that they relied on chemical industry lobbyists to examine bisphenol A's risks, track legislation to ban it and even monitor press coverage.