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Conservation Organizer Tessine Murji and Communications Coordinator Hannah Flath reflect on Sierra Club's efforts to amplify issues around Line 5 at COP15 in this new blog.

Activists call for Chicago to rule out natural gas in new buildings, citing health risks, costs and climate change.

"We can prevent and minimize these types of emergencies across the US," said Sonya Lunder, Senior Toxics Policy Advisor with Sierra Club.

Sierra Club Illinois responds to an explosion and extra-alarm fire that broke out at the Carus Chemical plant in La Salle the morning of January 11.

Sierra Club Illinois responds to the "Rust Belt to Green Belt" proposal making its way through the Illinois General Assembly.

“[The Line 5 pipeline] poses a massive threat not only to our region but to our continent. Scientists have said this is the worst possible place for an oil spill, and it’s so close to happening,” said Tessine Murji of Sierra Club Illinois.

The 3M chemical manufacturing complex released 73 tons of perfluoromethane (CF4) into the air in 2021, more than any other facility in the country.

Sierra Club Illinois, Openlands, and Just Say No to Northpoint have won a major victory won an in their fight against the proposed NorthPoint Development industrial park in Will County.

Thanks to a recent court ruling, Openlands, Sierra Club Illinois, and Just Say No to Northpoint’s lawsuit will move forward against NorthPoint Industrial Park.

As international leaders wrap up Global Biodiversity Framework negotiations at COP15, water protectors and advocates are calling for the immediate shut down of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline.