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In the great state of Illinois, clean air is hard to come by. Last year, Sierra Club research found that roughly 3 in 4 Illinois residents live in areas that regularly experience air that the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has...

“Days of Action” Underway as Staff Organizers Deployed to Key Races and Volunteers Mobilize Throughout the State Chicago, IL. -- Today, Sierra Club Illinois announced its endorsements in the November general election for Illinois General...

Trump International Hotel & Tower Found Liable on All Counts  CHICAGO, IL – Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus L. Wilson ruled September 9th that the  Trump International Hotel & Tower violated and is in violation...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  May 25, 2024 Contact: jack.darin@sierraclub.org, 312-229-4690 Sierra Club Illinois, Statement in Response to Illinois House Passage of legislation to  Protect Illinois from Risks of Carbon Capture and...

Hundreds of activists with the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition rallied at the Capitol Building to advocate for equitable climate, transportation, and energy legislation.

Advocates for the policy platform, which is broken up into three bills, describe the ICJC Platform as a follow-up to the 2021 Climate and Equitable Jobs Act.

New federal regulations give the nation's coal plants an ultimatum: Adapt or shut down.

The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition introduced a hefty legislative package outlining critical solutions in the power, buildings, and transportation sectors.

"We need legislative guardrails that ensure [carbon capture and sequestration] legitimately serves the economic and environmental interests of all Illinois citizens," writes Jack Darin in a new OpEd.

The EPA finalized a package of four separate standards that will slash air, water, and carbon pollution from power plants.