Category: Illinois
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March Against Monsanto This Saturday
Instigated and driven completely by grassroots activists, this global day of action hopes to demonstrate that, when many people ban together for justice and transparency, they can fight back against the powerful few …
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Steingraber Calls Out Illinois Fracking Regulations
Before environmental lobbyists and legislators push a hydraulic fracking bill through the Illinois legislature, they need to sit down with farmers in Clinton County and learn how well regulations …
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Hundreds March for Ban on Fracking and End to Democratic Governors Taking Dirty Money
Today a coalition led by Americans Against Fracking, 350.org, Democracy for America and Food & Water Watch, among others marched at the Spring Policy Conference of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) calling for a ban on fracking and demanding …
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After One Arrest, Sit In Continues Demanding Moratorium on Fracking
After sitting in at the Governor’s office on Tuesday demanding a meeting—after being denied a meeting for countless months and many requests—Angie Viands was arrested for refusing to leave. This morning, two more Illinoisans resumed the sit in …
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Democratic Governors Received $3.5 Million in Dirty Energy Money in Last Five Years
As revealed in our new report, The Democratic Governors Association Dirty Energy Money, some of America’s biggest oil and gas companies have donated approximately $3,555,281 to the Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA), since 2008.