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Protect Lake Michigan

Millions of gallons of untreated sewage pour into Lake Michigan every year, forcing more than 500 beach closings per year since 2005. Shortsighted Supreme Court decisions have left more than half of Illinois’s streams vulnerable to pollution — including streams that flow into Lake Michigan. The EPA can fix this problem by updating clean water standards, but polluters and their allies are threatening to block them. To protect Lake Michigan, we need to show massive public support for clean water.

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Healthy Farms, Healthy Planet

The food we eat is one of our closest connections to the natural world. Farms should be environmentally friendly and provide food that is safe and healthy. Environment Illinois is working to make sure the rules for conventional farms are strong enough to protect our rivers and bays. At the same time, we are helping to build the market for food from local farms that grow diversified crops using sustainable practices.

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Get Illinois Off Oil

The environmental costs of our oil dependence are out of control — from the accidents and spills, to smog, to climate change. It's time to set this country on a path to getting off oil for good. We can get there by convincing our leaders to make new investments in fuel-efficient cars, new technology, and a first-class system of public transportation.

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Clean Air, Healthy Families

New EPA clean air standards will cut mercury pollution by 90% and save 46,000 lives each year. The coal industry and their friends in Congress are trying to roll back these standards, but we’re urging Congress to let EPA do its job and move forward with its commonsense plan to protect public health.