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On Earth Day, EPA union workers decry cuts to clean air and water regulations

April 22, 2025

Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency employees and advocates call for help as the Trump administration rolls back environmental regulations and lays off hundreds of workers. Earth Day was marked not with celebration but with a sense of urgency and despair for Environmental Protection Agency union members in Chicago as the […]

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Public Transit is Essential. Now It Must Be Protected.

March 10, 2025

I moved to Chicago with a dream to make it in the big city. Today, that dream includes protecting essential transit services for all Illinoisans.

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Northeastern Illinois Conservation Sees Critical Win

March 3, 2025

In a battle of expectedly “red” versus “blue” politics, conservation funding in northeastern Illinois emerged a winner in the 2024 election.

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Illinois’ 2025 Environmental Legislative Agenda

February 26, 2025

See Illinois’ 2025 Environmental Legislative Agenda, including all of the most important environmental bills this session!

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Building Power to Confront Illinois’ Factory Farms

February 19, 2025

Chad Wallace tells the tale of how he met the farmer who inspired our investigation into Illinois’ factory farms.

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The Environment is On Your Ballot

October 14, 2024

Ahead of yet another critical election, IEC’s climate communications manager reflects on the importance of down-ballot races, and what it would mean to elect environmental champions from the local level to Congress.

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To Protect Critical Open Space, Voters in Four Northern Illinois Counties Should Vote Yes.

October 3, 2024

Voters in DuPage, Kane, Lake, and McHenry Counties should Vote Yes on Nov. 5 to protect clean water, native habitats and healthy communities.

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2024 Legislative Report

June 12, 2024

IEC’s state legislative team has published our 2024 Legislative Report detailing environmental wins and setbacks during this year’s legislative session.

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Illinois’ 2024 Environmental Legislative Agenda

February 16, 2024

See Illinois’ 2024 Environmental Legislative Agenda, including all of the most important environmental bills this session!

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2024 Climate Action Lobby Day

February 7, 2024

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IEC Five-Year Strategic Plan

December 20, 2023

IEC is unveiling our new Five-Year Strategic Plan. After a robust internal planning period, with distinct attention to equity, diversity & inclusion, we’re proud to launch our update mission, vision and strategic plan.

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A Closer Look: Mayor Johnson’s FY2024 Chicago City Budget

October 25, 2023

IEC’s City Programs Director, Iyana Simba, provides an in depth analysis of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget for 2024, including the re-establishment of Chicago’s Department of Environment.

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2023 Chicago Transition Report Analysis

August 1, 2023

IEC’s City Programs Director, Iyana Simba, provides an in depth analysis of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Transition Report, with attention to Environmental Justice goals for the city.

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2023 Legislative Report

July 24, 2023

IEC’s state policy team has published our 2023 Legislative Report detailing environmental wins and setbacks during this year’s legislative session.

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2023 Environmental Legislative Update

May 27, 2023

Important deadlines this week and big updates on priority bills

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Opponents Scrambling to Block Parking Meter-Style Deal Brewing in Springfield Over Proposed I-55 Expansion

May 25, 2023

Joining “Latino Voices” to discuss the proposed expansion are José Miguel Acosta Córdova, senior transportation policy analyst at the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization; Dany Robles, climate policy director at the Illinois Environmental Council; and Kate Lowe, associate professor of urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois Chicago. (Produced by Eunice Alpasan). Bills and

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2023 Environmental Legislative Update

May 23, 2023

Important deadlines this week and big updates on priority bills

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500+ Illinoisans Mobilize in Support of Environmental Justice Legislation

February 18, 2022

Hundreds Rally for Passage of Industrial Permitting Reform, Protections for Power Plant Communities, Voting Rights and more SPRINGFIELD, IL – More than 500 Illinoisans mobilized today for an environmental justice-focused lobby day and rally. Participants urged their legislators to pass bills that address environmental injustices impacting historically marginalized communities across Illinois. The environmental justice movement

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Statement: Illinois Environmental Council Applauds Southeast Side Community in General Iron Victory

February 18, 2022

Lightfoot Administration Upholds Commitment to Environmental Justice and Public Health Note: This content was circulated exclusively on social media and not distributed to the press. IEC suggests reporters reach out to community groups who have led the General Iron fight. Should you need contact information for those leaders, IEC’s communications director, Tucker Barry, can put

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A Look at Chicago’s Environmental Justice Battles, Impacts and Solutions

January 5, 2022

Though Chicago has recently made historic climate and environmental justice budget investments, the city still has much to do in the way of ensuring equitable public health and environmental protections in our EJ communities.

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Clean air

On Earth Day, EPA union workers decry cuts to clean air and water regulations

Public Transit is Essential. Now It Must Be Protected.

Northeastern Illinois Conservation Sees Critical Win

Illinois’ 2025 Environmental Legislative Agenda

Building Power to Confront Illinois’ Factory Farms

The Environment is On Your Ballot

To Protect Critical Open Space, Voters in Four Northern Illinois Counties Should Vote Yes.

2024 Legislative Report

Illinois’ 2024 Environmental Legislative Agenda

2024 Climate Action Lobby Day

IEC Five-Year Strategic Plan

A Closer Look: Mayor Johnson’s FY2024 Chicago City Budget

2023 Chicago Transition Report Analysis

2023 Legislative Report

2023 Environmental Legislative Update

Opponents Scrambling to Block Parking Meter-Style Deal Brewing in Springfield Over Proposed I-55 Expansion

2023 Environmental Legislative Update

500+ Illinoisans Mobilize in Support of Environmental Justice Legislation

Statement: Illinois Environmental Council Applauds Southeast Side Community in General Iron Victory

A Look at Chicago’s Environmental Justice Battles, Impacts and Solutions

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