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Last Chance for a Clean Energy Deal in Illinois?
Clean energy Climate change Environment Environmental justice 

Last Chance for a Clean Energy Deal in Illinois?

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The Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to return to Springfield this week for a special session. Will they finally pass a clean energy bill for the state? Or will there be more roadblocks? J.C. Kibbey from the NRDC, Lisa Albrecht from All Bright Solar, and Dave Kraft from the Nuclear Energy Information Service discuss the prospects for real energy progress in our state.

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Toxic donuts - Austin Harvest
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Toxic Donuts and Food Deserts

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Marty Travis from Spencer Farm and filmmaker Matt Wechsler report on the opening of Village Farmstand, a way to keep farmers in business and give consumers access to local food. Rodney Williams Sr., Azariah Baker and Keith Tankson explain how the Austin Harvest pop up store will provide fresh food to their neighborhood. NRDC’s Gina Ramirez and Peggy Salazar of the Southeast Environmental Task Force are fighting for environmental justice on Chicago’s southeast side.

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Easter Sunday in the Church of Green - Allan Armitage Garden
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Easter Sunday in the Church of Green

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What’s Easter Sunday in the Church of Green? It’s a visit with garden expert and author Dr. Allan Armitage to talk about how COVID-19 has changed the way we grow things. Then it’s a visit from J.C. Kibbey and Mark Nabong from the NRDC, who report on the ways that our own government has forsaken the environmental health of its own lands, water and air for…what?

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