Posts by Hannah Flath

Illinois — On Friday, September 13, E&E News reported that corrosion in one of Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.’s (ADM) carbon sequestration wells in Decatur, Illinois, allowed carbon dioxide (CO2) to leak. One month prior on August 14, the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) filed a Notice of Violation to ADM related to the company’s Class VI underground…

Illinois — Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) announced that Illinois will receive more than $430 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) to tackle climate pollution, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice across the state. The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition submitted a letter of support to the USEPA early on in the…

Illinois — Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed the Safety and Aid for the Environment in Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act (SB1289) into law. The bill, which was championed by Representative Ann Williams and Senator Laura Fine, includes some of the strongest carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) guardrails in the nation, including a ban on the…

CHICAGO – In response to today’s Senate Transportation Committee subject matter hearing on how public transit supports the economy, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition (ICJC) released the following statement: “Today we heard four transit agencies defend a status quo that simply isn’t working for current or potential riders who want a system that is more…