Underwood advocates for climate-change solutions
— November 15, 2019U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-14h) testified Thursday, Nov. 14 before the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis to advocate for long-term solutions to climate change….
Tag: Climate change
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Leavitt: If your kids hate you now, just wait until their planet is trashed
— October 1, 2019President Trump’s hijinks stole the news cycle from The End of the World. Before we found out that Trump had apparently been a very bad boy on the phone to Ukraine, everybody was…
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Underwood seeks to mitigate health effects of climate change
— July 22, 2019U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-14th) has introduced legislation to reinstate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Climate and Health Program. Until last year, the CDC’s…
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Increased rainfall public information meetings scheduled in Lake County
— July 15, 2019Lake County has been experiencing more frequent and stronger rainfall events. Recently, the Illinois State Water Survey released updated statistical rainfall data for Bulletin 70 —…
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State bills aim to cut carbon emissions, create clean energy jobs
— March 31, 2019SPRINGFIELD — The state’s various energy industries all had their say at a pair of House committee hearings Tuesday in which three widely discussed energy bills advanced with their…
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Groups convene at SIUE to discuss climate change impact on region
— September 7, 2019The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), along with other organizations, gathered on Aug. 27 at the Center for Spirituality and Sustainability on the campus of Southern Illinois University…
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Casten, Warren push for firms to disclose climate-related risks
— July 16, 2019U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-6th) and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have introduced the Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019 to require public companies to disclose information about…
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Grow Solar expands to Monroe County
— July 10, 2019It may not yet be a national leader, but a nonprofit program to implement solar energy systems in Metro East has been expanded across all three of the region’s core counties,…
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