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IEC Newsletter Vol. 5 No. 5

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Legislature earns passing grade on environmental issues Hazardous waste bill on Governor’s desk Amtrak funds threatened Review of how environmental bills performed Statehouse Update Report on bottle bill support List of upcoming events List of legislature votes

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 5 No. 1

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Fight for new bottle bill begins Statehouse update DOC supports conservation at Illinois beach New push for coal severance tax Report on bill to scrap water projects Profile on Community Recycling Center List of upcoming events

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 8

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. IEC to Governor: Illinois needs conservation advocacy Statehouse Update Report on preserving the wilderness Report on transporting hazardous waste Profile on the Environmental Affairs Council List of upcoming events

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 7

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Protests mount against Department of Conservation park policies Review of elections Natural Areas Inventory created Response to oil recycling Suit could halt Lock and Dam 26 Profile on McHenry County Defenders List of upcoming events

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 6

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Report on toxic materials Push to save areas in the Shawnee Forest Highland Park passes bottle bill proposal Update on the Great Western Trail Lincoln Lake reservoir project is scrapped New site for the Zion Marina is proposed Profile on the Izaak Walton Leage

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 4

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Update on the Middle Fork River Valley Push for strip mine amendments Report on the Kankakee River Agricultural Task Force Report Legislative update Report on hazardous and nuclear waste Sun Day Recap Profile on the Student Ecology Corps List of upcoming events

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 1

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Proposal to have solar power at two new prisons The Citizens Advisory Group formed in response to strip mining Fight over Locks and Dam 26 continues Xylene spill pollutes air, land, and water List of legislations and hearings

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 7

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Bottle bill defeated EPA preparing plan for control of non-point sources of water pollution Call to action for Middle Fork Sulfur dioxide standards threatened Motorcycles halted in Sand Ridge State Forest List of legislation and hearings

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 6 (2)

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Bottle bill passes committee Corridor park proposed for Middle Fork Rock Island Trail sale bill defeated Land resources management study commission approved in committee Wetlands bill clears House committee Bill to reduce EPA authority defeated List of legislations and hearings

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 5

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. IEC Board reorganization and fund raising Question of motorcycles in the Sand Ridge State Forest Updating the Illinois Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) Update on energy shortages NI-GAS backs down on solar penalty New bills to build Alton Lock and Dam 26 List

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 1

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Noise pollution was the subject of hearings Upcoming workshops on natural gas and other energy shortages Illinois is designated to have the nation’s largest radioactive waste dumping center Reorganization plan poses threat to environmental protection

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 15

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Middle Fork areas approved for dedication Victory with Zion Marina plans Attempt to resurrect the Middle Fork Dam project fails Limit to noise pollution authority stopped Citizen concern over pollution rising Corps say Wabash Canal is unfeasible

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 13

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Section of Reed-Keppler Park revealed to be radioactive Nature Preserves Commission opposes proposed freeway Illinois to receive federal funds for energy conservation Call to action against noise pollution Review of House election results

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 11

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. House rejects Middle Fork Dam project Middle Fork park proposed Industry opposition kills PCB ban No money for Wabash Valley Interstate Commission Resolution discouraging riverside mining adopted and hazardous materials bills pass Coal severance tax fails

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 6

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Development on the Middle Fork Dam debate House voted to withhold funds for the Wabash Valley Interstate Commission PCB regulation bills introduced Update on progress with the Clean Air Act List of legislation and hearings

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 5

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Update on the future of nuclear power Review of the Energy Conservation Training Institute Formation of the Citizens United for Responsible Energy (CURE) Legislation that would change the State’s water rights laws Mine Reclamation Program Begins List of legislations and hearings

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 4

FInd the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Overview of House fight over the budget Request for letters to stop the Middle Fork Dam project Appropriations for Rock Island Trail face tough fight Update on Bottle Bill List of legislative hearings and meetings

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 3

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Staff report for February activity and annual meeting Announcement of a rally at the Middle Fork River New bills introduced including one on the recycling of waste oil Award winners from annual meeting Progress of the Bottle Bill Update on Supreme Court decision about

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 2

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Notice of Bottle Bill hearing Review of the McHenry County Energy Fair and Railroad Subsidies Bill Reports on the state’s Energy Resources Commission and EPA The Middle Fork Dam continues as the Big Pine Creek Dam is revised Scathing review of Commonwealth Edison activity

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 1

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Announcement of Annual Meeting Urging support for the Rock Island Trail and Bottle Bill Warning of hearing on Kaskaskia River Coal Development and Stripmine Reclamation Audubon Council holding seminar on waterways Opposition to the canalization of the Wabash River, construction of a Kane County

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 25

Find the full PDF online or scroll down to read. Construction of the Rock Island Trail halted Coalition for a Bottle Bill is established Citizens of Danville will vote on funding for the Middle Fork Dam project Governor Walker vetoes the Artificial Cooling Lakes bill and the diversion of funding from the state’s Coal Development

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 24

Find the full PDF online or scroll down to read. Preview of Veto Session Update on Bottle Bills New appointments to commissions’ Middle Fork Dam Update List of legislation status and committee hearings Review of committee votes on the intermittent controls bill and Land Resources Management Study Commission bill List of legislative committee assignments and

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 22

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read Report on Supplemental Freeways SB 609 on Artificial Cooling Lakes on the Governor’s desk Sulfur Dioxide Controls bill possibly put off until 1985 Full funding for Nature Preserves Commission losses in Senate Middle Fork Dam project gained appropriations for study List of legislation status

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 20

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Two Anti-EPA bills lose in committee HB 338 to create Land Use Study Commission was revived Economic Impact bill on third reading Eminent Domain bill re-passes committee while Fish and Game Commission put in subcommittee Explanation of HB 898: The Agricultural Areas Conservation and

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 18

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Transportation commission to review report on contracts Urging the defeat of SB 609 which would exempt artificial cooling lakes from EPA regulation Bills limiting the use of eminent domain for coal development advances both houses Urge to override veto on federal strip mining legislation

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 17

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Bill to restrict eminent domain for coal development passes Senate Victory for environmentalists as authorization for Lock and Dam 26 was defeated in Congress IEC lobbies against Crosstown Expressway Explanation of the Louisville Reservoir project Illinois Nature Preserves Commission receives an appropriations increase Defeat

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IEC NEwsletter Vol. 1 No. 16

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Article emphasizing the need for energy conservation Thoughts on the Supplemental Freeway System Explanation on how the Illinois Nature Preserves are being threatened Legislative progress of bills that limit environmental control List of legislation status

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 15

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. The Supplemental Freeway System became the focus of the IEC field organizing effort Explanation of a IPCB Impact Statement bill amendment Description of bills that would have adverse impact on pollution enforcement Overview of the Middle Fork Dam controversy and Coal Mining Safety bill

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 14

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Corrections from the last newsletter pertaining to intermittent controls bill Update on two bottle bills and the IPCB Impact Statement bill Overview of two eminent domain bills to limit coal development Explanation of the failure of the Natural Rivers and Wetlands Act in committee

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 13

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Review of the House passage of intermittent controls bill and IPCB Impact Statement bill Update on the energy siting bills List of legislation status and hearing schedules Review of committee votes on the intermittent controls bill and Land Resources Management Study Commission bill List

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 12

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Overview of two appropriation bills for the Department of Conservation that pass through Appropriations Committee Detailing of the problem of energy siting Explanation of the failure of a bottle bill in a committee List of legislative committee assignments and hearings List of new environmental

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