Category: Illinois
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Fracking Sacrifice Zone Rejected by Illinois Residents
Illinois scored a victory this week against an attempt to sacrifice parts of the state to…
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Nurses Join the Fight Against Toxic Petcoke Piles in Chicago
The nurses union has joined local residents’ fight to get petcoke transportation and storage banned in Chicago…
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The Global Downfall of the Plastic Bag
The world’s strictest anti-plastic bag implementation strategy may be in Rwanda. Since a ban went into effect in 2008, airline…
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USDA Invests $7 Million to Research Small Farm Challenges
Several grants focus on how small and mid-scale farms can contribute to local and regional food systems and increase profitability through more environmentally sustainable…
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Earth Day in the Shawnee: Taking a Stand Against Corporate Greed
Few people understand the historical impact of coal mining like acclaimed poet Barney Bush in Shawnee hills of southern Illinois. The French, in fact, stumbled on coal outcroppings near the Shawnee in Illinois in the 17th century, launching the first coal industry on the American continent. By the early 19th Century, Thomas Jefferson helped to engineer the…