EJC is an Illinois non-profit that promotes solutions to climate change that integrate social, environmental, and economic justice.
Champaign, IL
Joined April 2011
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ADM has two monitoring wells, and they are both leaking. Just weeks after ADM was cited for violating the Safe Drinking Water Act for a leak in one of their monitoring wells, the company announced a pause on carbon injections due to a leak in their second monitoring well.
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I was proud to co-lead a Senate Climate Change Task Force and @SEEC meeting on LNG exports. Witnesses from across the globe shared how Big Oil is exporting fossil fuels to keep up with a global demand that doesn't exist—just their demand for profits at the expense of communities.
ALT Senator Markey poses with Representative Tonko and global climate leaders.
ALT Senator Markey speaks from a table in a room with wooden walls. He is seated next to global climate leaders.
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ICYMI: Inaction & poor planning from power grid operator PJM means ComEd customers will pay a significantly higher power price next summer. CUB: “Once again, PJM has been slow to adapt, and electric customers will (again) pay the price." Read our Q&A: buff.ly/4gDPdai
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.@BillNye the climate guy is back, and this time he’s breaking down how Republican leaders are ignoring science for their benefit.
Fires, floods, and extreme heat are having major effects on Americans' health. Science isn’t partisan—it’s patriotic. toohotnottovote.com
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"'We must grow corn and soybeans on every last inch of Illinois so we can feed the world!' they proclaim, while desperately searching for any nook or cranny to stuff their mountains of unsold grain. wcia.com/news/everythings-ta…
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Today @cnannicelli has a message for #ilga: "By making strategic investments in energy storage, transmission & demand management, IL can build on the successes of past legislation, ensure grid reliability at lower costs & continue to lead on clean energy" chicagotribune.com/2024/09/2…
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Fossil fuel companies currently receive a tax credit for injecting carbon dioxide into oil wells to extract more oil, a process known as enhanced oil recovery.
I reintroduced my bill, the End Polluter Welfare for Enhanced Oil Recovery Act, to repeal it.
commondreams.org/news/enhanc…
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Stand in solidarity with Illinois youth this Friday as they demand action on climate!
The UIUC Climate March is one of many youth-led climate events happening this week as part of the Global Climate Strike.
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"If you put the five biggest crops grown in America on a scale and put cattle on the other side, the crops create five times as much carbon emissions because of the way they are farmed. If you’re worried about #climate change, it’s plows, not cows.”
cnn.com/2023/07/03/us/climat…
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France is requiring all 80 stall+ parking lots – both existing and new – to be covered by solar panels. That would add 10 nuclear reactors worth of solar. Why isn't every gov't doing this?
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy via @parkingsolar
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.@SenMikeSimmons and @senvillivalam keep working on electric bicycles! Colorado is lapping us. People here deserve a cleaner future too.
"Electric bicycles in Denver are replacing an estimated 100,000 vehicle miles per week."
govtech.com/fs/e-bikes-are-p…
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Thank you @RepCasten & @RepBost for introducing the COVER Act and incentivizing farmers to use #covercrops. Cover crops keep soil on the ground where it belongs, building #soilhealth and protecting #waterquality. Let's get it done in the #FarmBill!
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Join PRN & partners at the state capitol on May 2 in Springfield to urge legislators to pass #HB3119, which protects IL landowners and taxpayers, our drinking water, public health, & the climate from the growing threat of CCS projects. RSVP ➡️ forms.gle/pzED89ESFhvHvmQW6
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“Anything we can do to get more land no-tilled and cover cropped is better for everybody in the long run.”
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Nobody in IL wants to hear it, but we could shift acres to non GMO corn and meet the consumer demand in Mexico rather than force our corn down their gullet
Shifting just 3M acres to non-GM corn to meet MX's demand would bring in $150M in premiums for U.S. farmers.
Instead, USDA is advancing the economic interests of the world’s largest seed and chemical companies above all else.
Learn more ⬇️ farmaction.us/2023/03/14/cor…
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“We’re building out a more sustainable and equitable, healthy food system because our public dollars that go toward food are feeding so many across our community,” @ChiFoodPolicy
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Environmental groups say river canoeing, kayaking encourage stewardship chicagotribune.com/business/…
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Yes. Compaction (and mixing top soil with clay) makes it much more difficult on the corn to grow healthy roots. It also stops rainwater from dispersing into the ground which is why you see areas like this along the easments:
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Today’s #SCOTUS decision puts profits before people. Our state must quickly implement CEJA to cut costs, create jobs, and protect our communities. Read our full statement: #WVvEPA #CleanAirAct #EPA #CEJAworks
