Statement on Clean Power Plan & Illinois

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Obama Administration released the final version of the landmark Clean Power Plan. In response, Jack Darin, Director of the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club released the following statement: “The Clean Power Plan is the most significant single action any President has ever taken to…

IL Leaders Join 160 Midwest Organizations Applauding Obama Climate Action Plan

Today, 160 businesses and organizations from six Midwest states, including Illinois businesses,  religious and health organizations, sent a letter to President Obama thanking him for the Climate Action Plan he laid out in June. The letter emphasized the importance of the President’s directive to EPA to develop carbon pollution standards for existing power plants. As…