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2009-05-30
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| 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. |
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State looks to reverse pollutant reputation
- The Edwardsville Intelligencer (new window)
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2009-04-24
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| Environmentalists warn that the state of Illinois contributes more than its share to the global warming issues. Illinois is the seventh largest source of global warming pollution in the country and combined with seven other Midwestern states, it emits more than 23 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas pollution – 5 percent of the world’s. |
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SIUE Commemorates Earth Day
- Belleville News-Democrat (new window)
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2009-04-23
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| The U.S. is as a "crossroads of history" environmentally and economically, experts say, and the two will be tied together in the future. In the past, business and industrial interests often butted heads with environmental leadership, but now the gulf between them is narrowing over mutual interests. |
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2009-02-23
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| President Obama's campaign was powered by the energy of millions of Americans who support a clean energy future. Now, his economic recovery plan will repower America and recharge our economy by investing nearly $80 billion in solar and wind, more efficient homes and public transit. |
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2009-02-03
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| Last Monday, Pres. Barack Obama directed U.S. EPA to reconsider its block on 14 states' efforts to implement stronger standards for automobile tailpipe pollution.
With Pres. Obama clearing the way for states to move forward, Illinois legislators should implement his vision by passing the Illinois Clean Cars Act. |
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2009-01-30
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| A Clean Car bill has crept its way back into discussion in Illinois.
After being denied the ability to pass the legislation in 2008, Illinois, along with 13 other states, may have another chance to discuss the bill, which, if passed, would tighten tailpipe emission standards within the state. |
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Revving Up The Clean Cars Act
- Progress Illinois (new window)
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2009-01-28
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| Last year, Illinois came within striking distance of raising tailpipe-emission standards. With a new powerful ally in the White House ready to back state-level emission standards, Environment Illinois lead attorney Brian Granahan stated yesterday that the General Assembly has no excuse not to pass the bill this year. |
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2009-01-25
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| President Obama will direct federal regulators on Monday to move swiftly on an application by California and 13 other states to set strict automobile emission and fuel efficiency standards, two administration officials said Sunday evening. |
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2009-01-13
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| During a Tuesday press conference at Highland Park City Hall, Environment Illinois released its new report entitled "Clean Energy, Bright Future" which calls for $150 billion in investments in green energy such as wind and solar power, renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives, and public transit. |
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2009-01-08
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| Aldermen on City Council's Energy and Environment Committee yesterday agreed that the city needs to ramp up efforts to recycle compact fluorescent light bulbs and teach the public about how to dispose of them safely. |
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2009-01-06
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| Energy efficiency is rising as more consumers light their homes with compact fluorescent bulbs, but so are concerns about proper disposal of the mercury-containing bulbs. Alderman Bob Fioretti (D-2) says the city should increase public education about disposal and handling of the bulbs and make recycling sites more accessible. |
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2008-10-29
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| Homeowners will pay slightly more for construction costs but save money in the long-term under a proposed building code that requires better-insulated homes and reduces Chicago's carbon emissions, city officials say. A joint committee on energy and buildings at City Hall unanimously passed the code yesterday after environmental organizations and contractors’ and builders’ associations joined to support it. |
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Code Green
- Chicago Reader (new window)
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2008-10-28
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| It’s safe to say that most of those present Tuesday morning for the meeting of the City Council’s building and environment committees didn’t grasp every last detail of what was being discussed. Among the less-than-illuminated were the six aldermen expected to vote on it. |
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Moving Toward New Energy Future
- Chicago Tribune (new window)
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2008-10-01
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| With gas prices soaring all summer across Illinois, Congress finally took action last week to address our oil dependence. Unfortunately, they acted to actually increase our dependence on oil by repealing a 30-year ban on off-shore drilling in protected areas on our coasts. |
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Spreading The Word About Energy Efficiency
- WMBD/WYZZ-TV - BLOOMINGTON (new window)
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2008-07-29
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| For a group in the basement of the Bloomington Government Center, Environmental action starts now. "Our solution is that we make better advantage of the energy we already generate," says of Environment Illinois member Brian Granahan. |
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A Greener Way To Travel
- Rockford Register Star (BusinessRockford.com) (new window)
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2008-07-28
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| For local transportation companies, it’s not easy being green. But with diesel prices approaching $5 a gallon and global warming warnings growing more dire, those companies are starting to look for alternatives. |
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2008-07-17
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| The United States of America uses approximately 20 percent of all energy generated worldwide. We cannot continue down this path — and the good news is that we have the tools to get more efficient immediately. |
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Cleaner, Cheaper Solution
- Chicago Tribune (new window)
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2008-07-16
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| Oil man T. Boone Pickens is correct about the magnitude of our nation's energy problem and the incapacity of our political leaders to get it. But the cleanest and cheapest solution is to do more with the energy we already generate. |
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