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Repower America

100 percent renewable electricity

We have enormous untapped power. Here in Illinois and across America, we can harness the wind and sun to power our future and leave dirty, dangerous energy behind.

We’re calling on the president-elect and Congress to renew America with 100 percent clean, renewable electricity and to cut our dependence on oil in half.

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Energy Efficiency Headquarters

Visit Our Energy Efficiency Headquarters!!

Increasing energy efficiency is the best way for Illinois to reduce its energy consumption in the short-term, and the primary way for individual Illinois residents and businesses to have a direct impact on the environmental footprint they leave behind. And increasing energy efficiency makes economic sense: it saves money on energy bills, decreases energy prices, increases disposable income, and stimulates our economy.

To find out more about how you can save money, save energy, and help save the environment through energy efficiency, visit our Energy Efficiency Headquarters.

Save Our State Parks!

This summer, Gov. Rod Blagojevich instituted sweeping cuts to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), a move that will result in the closure of at least seven state parks and 14 historic sites.

Environment Illinois is working with Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn’s office and groups in our Partners for Parks and Wildlife coalition to protect our parks and other valuable natural resources through finding a dedicated, secure funding source for the IDNR.

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Write Your State Senator: Let's Create a Secure, Dedicated Funding Stream for the DNR!!

Latest News

Rebuilding Our Economy On a Foundation Of Clean Energy 11/11/2008

As President Elect Obama and a new Congress prepare to meet today’s economic and environment challenges, Environment Illinois released a report that lays out a blueprint for how we can power America for the 21st century, protecting our environment while revitalizing our economy.

Our Latest Reports

Repowering America with Clean, Homegrown Energy 12/18/2008

The challenge is the economy; the opportunity is clean energy. Environment Illinois recommends that President-elect Obama and the new Congress enact a green economic recovery plan that makes critical investments in clean energy and green infrastructure to help rebuild the American economy and protect our environment.

Rebuilding America through Investment in Energy Efficiency 12/18/2008

The challenge is the economy; the opportunity is clean energy. Environment Illinois recommends that President-elect Obama and the new Congress enact a green economic recovery plan that makes critical investments in energy efficiency to help rebuild the American economy and protect our environment.

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Letters to the Editor :: Clean up energy act 11/27/2008

America can begin to rebuild its shattered economy and create millions of jobs by adopting a robust federal energy policy that cuts our oil dependence in half and transitions to 100 percent clean electricity.

Letter -- Clean Energy 11/25/2008

Letter to Editor: Clean energy must lead economic revival 11/23/2008

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