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Monarch butterfly license plates finally available in Illinois

November 30, 2023

After seven years in the making, the state has unveiled the monarch butterfly decal license plate. Proceeds from the decals will benefit the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Monarch Habitat Fund, which fosters habitats that support the beloved orange butterflies’ migratory journey south to Mexico each fall. The organization has a goal of adding 150 […]

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Rep. Rita’s Legislation to Reduce Fishing License Fees Becomes Law

August 14, 2023

State Rep. Bob Rita has a new solution in Illinois law for anyone interested in fishing across the state but not so sure about paying the license fee. Rita, D-Blue Island, this year led the push for House Bill 2317. The bill significantly reduces the license fee for sport fishing or spearing for anyone 26 years

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Illinois environmentalists push for state action to protect wetlands after Supreme Court ruling rolls back federal rules

June 6, 2023

Across the country, marshes, swamps and bogs quietly soak up flood water and filter pollutants. Ecologists agree they are one of the best natural defenses against climate change. But after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, more than half of the country’s 118 million acres of wetlands, according to estimates from the environmental firm Earthjustice, will

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Jen Walling Opinion: What Illinois can do since Supreme Court gutted federal protection of wetlands, waterways

May 30, 2023

The Supreme Court last week restricted the EPA’s ability to protect America’s waterways and wetlands. Illinois can’t afford to sit back and do nothing to protect both in our state, the head of the Illinois Environmental Council writes. Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Legislature must act immediately to

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 2

February 5, 1976

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. 1 No. 22

July 3, 1975

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. 21

June 20, 1975

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Opposition to the Middle Fork Dam project SB 609 to remove Artificial Cooling Lakes from EPA regulations passes in House List of legislation status

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 20

June 13, 1975

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. 14

May 2, 1975

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

April 25, 1975

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. 9

March 21, 1975

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Review of committee votes on the intermittent controls bill and Land Resources Management Study Commission bill List of legislative committee assignments and hearings List of new environmental bills introduced Detail on two bottle bills

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 6

February 28, 1975

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. Educating subscribers how to contact and lobby legislators Information on hearings on bills that threaten the EPA and other environmental bills List of legislative committee assignments and hearings

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IEC Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 3 (Special)

February 13, 1975

Find the full PDF online here or scroll down to read. A sampler of environmental bills List of members on the Senate Agriculture Committee

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