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| During his time in the U.S. Senate, John McCain has opposed policies to save Illinoisans money on gasoline, reduce traffic, and reduce air pollution according to an analysis released by Environment Illinois today. | |
| Chicago, Illinois—At a public hearing in Chicago today, residents and public health advocates called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen its proposed air quality standards for ozone (smog pollution). | |
| A new study released today by the Illinois PIRG Education Fund titled Children at Risk: How Air Pollution from Power Plants Threatens the Health of America's Children finds that 2,746,764 children in Illinois live in the shadows of old, dirty coal-fired power plants. | |
| Most of the nation's oldest and dirtiest power plants, including the E.D. Edwards and Marion plants in Illinois are actually getting dirtier, not cleaner, according to a new report released today by the Illinois Public Interest Research Group (Illinois PIRG) and the Clear the Air Campaign. | |