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| Chicago – The death toll from extreme heat in Chicago will increase from about 110 to nearly 243, resulting in 3,192 additional heat-related deaths by mid-century as global warming drives up summertime temperatures, according to a new report released by Environment Illinois and conducted by Applied Climatologists, Inc. experts Dr. Laurence Kalkstein of the University of Miami and Dr. Scott Greene of the University of Oklahoma. | |
| This year’s unprecedented heat wave is part of a broader trend of rising temperatures in Illinois, according to a new report released today by the Environment Illinois. | |
| A coalition of 64 Illinois leaders, including scientists, mayors, aldermen, religious, environmental and civic leaders sent a letter today to state legislators asking them to support state policies to address global warming. | |
| Illinois to be national leader in renewable energy and energy efficiency. | |
| Chicago, Illinois—The average temperature in Chicago was 3°F above average in 2006, according to a new national report released today by Environment Illinois. Environment Illinois said this warmer-than-normal weather is indicative of what we can expect with continued global warming. | |
| Energy companies are planning to build over 150 coal-fired power plants in locations across the United States, according to a report released today by Environment Illinois. | |
| EVANSTON—With a 20-foot inflated earth, and energy-saving home as a backdrop, Environment Illinois joined with legislators and advocates called for action to address global warming. To prevent the most severe consequences of global warming, climate scientists estimate that we must reduce global warming pollution by 80% by 2050. | |
| Forty U.S. Senators, led by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, sent a bipartisan letter June 29 to President Bush calling for stabilizing global warming emissions within 10 years, which leading scientists say is needed to avert the most devastating and irreversible impacts of global warming, such as a substantial rise in sea level that would inundate coastal areas. The letter was also signed by Illinois Senator Barack Obama. | |
| Carbon dioxide emissions from Illinois sources jumped 32.8 million metric tons between 1990 and 2001, making Illinois the nation’s 6th largest emitter of this primary global warming pollutant, according to "The Carbon Boom," a new analysis of government data released today by Environment Illinois. | |
| A new report reveals unsafe mercury contamination levels are widespread in Illinois sport fish. According to the report released today by Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), the average mercury concentration in Illinois sport fish samples was 20% above the federal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) safe limit for women of average weight who eat fish twice per week. | |
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