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Renewable energy advocates continue push for Clean Jobs Bill; Big provider wants low-emission nuclear in discussion
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board says the Clean Jobs Bill will save utility customers at least $1 billion by 2030, and would translates into a minimum savings of $8 to $9 a month for each customer. Those claims, however, are vigorously disputed by various policy analysts. -
Holiday Shores moving for protective order after Syngenta subpoenas expert witnesses
Tillery Lead plaintiff Holiday Shores Sanitary District is asking Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge to limit the scope covered by two subpoenas issued to expert witnesses in a proposed class action over the weed killer atrazine. -
Ban on atrazine would stagger agriculture, experts say
Frank Critics of the federal Environmental Protection Agency's ongoing re-review of the commonly used pesticide atrazine and pending lawsuits against its makers say the potential ramifications could be staggering if the pesticide was ever banned. -
EPA, atrazine maker at odds over study
Jackson The federal Environmental Protection Agency says a new review of atrazine, a commonly used agricultural pesticide, is rooted in a statutory mandate and prompted by new evidence about the effects of the pesticide to humans and animals.