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Nuclear Power in the Trumpian Deregulatory Era

Posted on 08/20/2025 by Paul Mueth

With the Trump-era onslaught and so many problematic circumstances to deal with in the power-production and -distribution system, the nuclear-power issue perhaps seems not necessarily top of many people’s and organizations’ concerns. Both at the national and the local level, … Continue reading →

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ADM’s Carbon Sequestration Leaks Demonstrate Why We Need to Protect the Mahomet Aquifer

Posted on 12/23/2024 by Lan and Pam Richart

How the Story Broke  On September 13, 2024, E&E News by Politico broke a shocking story about an underground carbon dioxide (CO2) leak six months earlier at Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM)’s much-lauded carbon capture and storage facility in Decatur, IL. After only … Continue reading →

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Third Act Comes to C-U and is Creating “Good Trouble”

Posted on 02/11/2024 by Pat Simpson

It’s March 21,, 2023, a cool, just barely spring day, and the sidewalks surrounding JPMorgan Chase Bank’s downtown Chicago headquarters are filled with hundreds of chanting, white-haired elders. The cops flanking the bank’s entrance seem more bemused than wary as … Continue reading →

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The Inflation Reduction Act: Historic Climate Legislation with a Lifeline to Fossil Fuels

Posted on 11/04/2022 by Lan and Pam Richart

With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August, many environmental advocates and others concerned about rapidly rising global temperatures breathed a collective sigh of relief. The US finally is taking historic action to address the climate crisis. … Continue reading →

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West Virginia v. EPA: SCOTUS Decision Not Necessarily a Blow to Climate Action

Posted on 09/18/2022 by Eric Freyfogle

Supreme Court rulings, once announced, sometimes take on curious lives. Understood in one way when released, they can, as precedent, shape the law in other, unexpected ways. The Supreme Court’s opinion in West Virginia v. US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), … Continue reading →

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