Serial Spillers: Groups Sue to Stop Chicago Water Regulators from Polluting the Chicago River

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Josh Mogerman, NRDC ; Jack Darin, Sierra Club; Glynnis Collins, Prairie Rivers Network    MWRD’s illegal sewage discharges mucking waterways from Chicago to Gulf of Mexico CHICAGO (May 3, 2011) – A coalition of conservation groups have sued to stop the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) from dumping raw sewage mixed with…

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Southern Illinois Coal Tour

Interested in learning first-hand about the true cost of coal in Illinois? Join Sierra Club, citizen activists, award-winning author Jeff Biggers, and water quality professionals from the Heartland Coalfield Alliance for a two-day tour of southern Illinois’ coalfields. Participants will explore the impacts that the entire coal life cycle has on the lands, waters, health,…

Support for Clean Power Ordinance Growing while City Delays

A committee hearing on the Chicago Clean Power Ordinance drew hundreds of supporters to City Hall today. Congressman Bobby Rush, Chicago Medical Society President David Loiterman, and representatives from labor, health, community and environmental groups testified in support of the Ordinance at a packed hearing before the City’s Health and Energy, Environment and Public Works…

Clean Power Ordinance On Chicago Tonight

Join Sierra Club and our partners from the Clean Power Coalition in Chicago City Council Chambers (2nd Floor) on April 21, 2011 at 10 AM for a hearing on the Clean Power Ordinance. Activists will be testifying about the need to clean up the Crawford and Fisk plants to protect public health and lower carbon…

QUINN VETOES COAL PLANT BAILOUTS

We applaud Governor Quinn’s veto of ratepayer bailouts for two risky, dirty coal plants. Governor Quinn has long been a champion for clean energy and for consumers, and the special interest legislation for Leucadia and Power Holdings were bad for both. Regarding the Power Holdings legislation (SB 1927), Quinn said: