- 05/01/09 - Temporary Victory for Local Environmental Group in Efforts to Block Megadairy
- 04/14/09 - Mobilizing Food Pantries and Sharing Campus Kitchens
- 03/12/09 - Organic Food Stores Look to Dedicated Customers to Counter Recession
- 03/10/09 - Growing Power in an Urban Food Desert
- 03/05/09 - 'Eat More Illinois Food,' Urges Organic and Local Food Task Force
- 02/25/09 - Manure Gives Off the Whiff of Money
- 02/24/09 - America's Municipal Meltdown: It's Tough Times for Troubled Towns
- 02/23/09 - Squatters See Silver Lining in Foreclosed Homes
- 02/05/09 - Illinois Activists Serve Up Food Policy Wish Lists for Obama
- 01/23/09 - Drug-Resistant Staph Found in Midwestern Swine, Workers
- 01/20/09 - Green-Collar Economy Taking Root in Chicago
- 01/12/09 - Monsanto Doing 'Rural Cleansing'
- 12/19/08 - Pension Funds Collapse: The End of Retirement?
- 12/17/08 - Workers at Sit-in Surprised by Support
- 12/14/08 - Study Calls for Rules on Fertilizer
- 12/11/08 - Chicago Workers End Sit-In at Closed Factory
- 12/10/08 - Workers of America: Wake Up! We All Need a Union!
- 12/07/08 - Making a New New Deal: Sitdown Strike in Chicago
- 12/07/08 - Angry Laid-Off Workers Occupy Factory in Chicago
- 12/05/08 - The Evolving Localvore: Joys of Food Grown Here
- 12/05/08 - Meet a Few Who've Made the Big Leap
- 12/03/08 - Got Milk? Schools Reconsider Milk Menu, Cite Concerns of Health and Nutrition
- 11/24/08 - Search On to Get Food Crops Out of Biofuels
- 11/20/08 - Obama's Commitment to Tackle Global Warming Welcomed, But He Must Go Further
- 11/17/08 - More Schools Cultivating Organic School Gardens
- 11/10/08 - Local Coffeehouses Support Fair Trade, and So Can You
- 11/10/08 - School Menus Freshen Up --Chicago Schools Start the Transition to Local & Organic
- 11/09/08 - Is Obama Screwing His Base with Rahm Emanuel Selection?
- 10/29/08 - Homes to Receive Environmental Hero Award for Efforts to Stop Mega-Dairy
- 10/27/08 - Plunging Crop Prices and Higher Costs Cloud Horizon for Conventional Farmers in U.S.
- 10/11/08 - McCain and Obama Need to Talk Real Farm Policy
- 10/08/08 - U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Call for Urgent Review of Biofuel Subsidies
- 10/06/08 - Food Buying Clubs Make a Comeback in Tough Economy
- 10/03/08 - Latest Farm News--Bailout Implications, Crop Prices, Weather, Biofuels & Farm Bill
- 10/01/08 - After Bush Abuses, We Need New Farm Policies
- 10/01/08 - Latest Farm News--Bailout Implications, Crop Prices, Weather, Biofuels & Farm Bill
- 09/29/08 - Chicago's Toxic Air
- 09/26/08 - Tinley Park Residents Rejoice That Wal-Mart Backed Out
- 09/19/08 - Chicago Outlines Plan To Slash Greenhouse Gases
- 09/16/08 - West Dundee Residents Sue Village Over Wal-Mart
- 09/16/08 - On an Infested River, Battling Invaders Eye to Eye
- 09/09/08 - Permit Granted for Mega-Dairy Despite Intense Local Opposition
- 09/05/08 - Monsanto Successfully Intimidates Missouri Farmers for 'Crime' of Seed Saving
- 08/30/08 - Food Inflation: Are Organic Foods Getting Too Pricey for the Middle Class?
- 08/27/08 - Organic Foods Pricier, But Big-Chain Grocers Stocking More
- 08/27/08 - Hundreds of Workers Held in Immigration Raid
- 08/25/08 - OCA & CFS Slam FDA's Bogus Move to Irradiate Lettuce & Spinach
- 08/24/08 - Obama and Big Corn
- 08/24/08 - A Positive Slant on Political Despair: Shall We Let the Republicans Deal with This Mess?
- 08/22/08 - Trans-Fats on Rise in Herring Gull Diets, Study Finds
- 08/22/08 - Grassroots Direct Action: San Francisco Voters Nov. 4 Will Tell Their Congress Reps to Defund the War
- 08/21/08 - Progressives and Obama: An Honest Appraisal
- 08/21/08 - Open Letter to Obama: We Need a Liberal Shock Doctrine
- 08/19/08 - Action on Protective Laws for Great Lakes Ever Likelier
- 08/19/08 - Marketplace: Midwest Oil Damages More Than Land
- 08/08/08 - Carcinogen Worries Stick to Food Packaging
- 08/04/08 - Granite City First to Present Documentary on Wal-Mart
- 07/30/08 - Underwater, a Disturbing New World
- 07/30/08 - Group of Anti-War Protesters Marching 450 Miles from Chicago to St. Paul
- 07/29/08 - Missouri, Illinois Battle EPA, Separately
- 07/25/08 - Ethanol Production Soars but Opposition Mounts
- 07/24/08 - Has Your Town Declared Peace Yet?
- 07/22/08 - Fish Virus Feeds Fears It Will Spread to Mississippi River
- 07/14/08 - In Food, Big Money Still Goes to Corporate Agribusiness & Big Corporations
- 07/12/08 - Corn, Incorporated: The Ethanol Scam
- 06/30/08 - States Taking Initiative on Environmental & Climate Crisis while Feds Do Little or Nothing
- 06/24/08 - Fluoride's Glory May Be Cresting
- 06/24/08 - Great Lakes Deal Ready
- 06/19/08 - Crop Supply Concerns Persist, Policy Options Discussed
- 06/18/08 - Measles Outbreak Rekindles Debate
- 06/18/08 - Cigarettes: 1.7 Billion Pounds of Trash
- 06/18/08 - Wal-Mart Opponents Plan to Continue Fight
- 06/16/08 - U.S. Cities Promote Bicycling as Gas Prices Soar
- 06/14/08 - Obama's Chicago Boys by Naomi Klein
- 06/13/08 - Brain-Cancer Hearing Begins
- 06/11/08 - Move Over MoveOn: Grassroots Netroots Alliance (GNA) Launches New Progressive Campaign to 'Press the Politicians'
- 06/11/08 - W. Dundee Residents Still Say No to Wal-Mart
- 06/06/08 - Tinley Park Homeowners Hire Attorney in Wal-Mart Dispute
- 06/05/08 - Wal-Mart Opponents Speak up in W. Dundee
- 06/02/08 - Growing Controversy Over Biofuels, Food Security, & Rising Food Prices
- 06/01/08 - Let Them Eat Kale: Schools Get Serious about Nutrition
- 05/28/08 - Haven for Birds Still Harbors Traces of Chemical Poison
- 05/27/08 - Wal-Mart Hearing Plan Draws Criticism
- 05/21/08 - Family Farmers Are Not to Blame for Food Crisis
- 05/20/08 - Concerns Over Ethanol Deserve Frank Discussion
- 05/19/08 - Affording Organics in a Time of Recession
- 05/17/08 - Chicago Once Again Allows Controversial Foie Gras to Be Served in Restaurants
- 05/16/08 - Green Cleaners Required in Illinois Schools
- 05/15/08 - How Obama WON Tuesday, Even Though He Lost WV Primary
- 05/15/08 - Center for American Progress: What Are You Paying for the War?
- 05/15/08 - Some W. Dundee Residents Oppose New Wal-Mart
- 05/14/08 - States Remove Local Barriers to Eco-Friendly Homes
- 05/13/08 - Chicago City Council Moves to Try to Stop a Preemptive Attack on Iran
- 05/12/08 - 2 Suburbs Cut Off Sale of Harmful Fertilizer Nutrient
- 05/09/08 - Labor Groups, Others Oppose Wal-Mart Expansion in Granite City
- 05/09/08 - Denied Wal-Mart, Developer Sells Site
- 05/09/08 - Foes Set to Take on Granite Wal-Mart Proposal
- 05/06/08 - Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Photo ID Law, Undermines Voting Rights
- 05/05/08 - Going Green to Clean Schools
- 05/03/08 - Tinley Park Plan Commission Rejects Wal-Mart Plan
- 04/30/08 - W. Dundee's Wal-Mart Vote Requires a Larger Meeting Room
- 04/29/08 - Two Cities Torn Over Wal-Mart Plan
- 04/27/08 - 'Agflation' The Escalating Costs of Food
- 04/25/08 - House Passes Legislation That Keeps Invasive Species From Great Lakes
- 04/25/08 - Wal-Mart Solicits Local Vendors for "Green" Products
- 04/22/08 - Bug Repellent Found in Chicago's Drinking Water.
- 04/22/08 - Lake Polluters Also Are Lifeblood of Communities
- 04/22/08 - Cities Allowed to Discharge Wastewater More Than Industry
- 04/22/08 - Troubled Waters?
- 04/22/08 - Illinois Promotes Light Bulb Switch for Earth Day
- 04/21/08 - What's in Your Water?
- 04/15/08 - Winds of Change Are Blowing in the Suburbs
- 04/14/08 - Toxic Sludge Being Marketed as Fertilizer Utilizing Low-Income Americans as Guinea Pigs
- 04/11/08 - Analyzing the Wal-Mart Effect
- 04/09/08 - Cargill, ADM Lobbying to Protect Their Forced Labor , Farm Sweatshop Practices
- 04/01/08 - Flooding Revives Debate Over Levees
- 03/26/08 - Options Running Dry
- 03/25/08 - Experts Agree That Area Residents Have Less to Fear About Water
- 03/19/08 - Illinois Governor Orders State Waters Tested for Drugs
- 03/13/08 - Great Lakes Fish Soak in New Poison
- 03/13/08 - CAFO Conference in Wisconsin, Jim Hightower to Speak
- 03/03/08 - Anxious Parents Go Organic, at a Cost
- 02/24/08 - Wal-Mart Supercenter Not Happening in Aledo
- 02/16/08 - Herons in Chicago Wetlands Survive Exposure to Banned Toxics
- 02/15/08 - Winter Farmers Markets Grow in Midwest
- 02/11/08 - Bootlegged Federal Report Spells Trouble for Eight States
- 02/10/08 - Illinois Faces Shortage of Farmers
- 02/10/08 - Toxic Government Report Uncovered
- 02/05/08 - Toymaker Fights State Recall
- 02/04/08 - Ballast Rules May Not Halt Lakes Invaders
- 02/04/08 - 10 Years After Plant Closed, Zion Slowly Regains Its Glow
- 01/31/08 - Hot Race in IL's 20th State Senate District
- 01/29/08 - National Popular Vote- A Voter Turnout and Civil Rights Issue
- 01/20/08 - Illinois Farmers Fight Off Pipeline Carrying Oil From Tar Sands
- 01/19/08 - Lawsuit Filed Over Wal-Mart Site Dismissed by Court
- 01/16/08 - Kraft Stabs Monsanto in the Back--New Kraft rBGH-Free Cheese Will Hit Market in June
- 01/14/08 - Cloned Foods Face a Hard Sell
- 01/12/08 - Nation's Growing Thirst Threatens a Great Lakes Water War
- 01/11/08 - "Growing Power" Project Going Strong
- 01/11/08 - Kucinich Undaunted by Fifth-Place Showing in NH
- 01/10/08 - Progressive States Network on Tax and Budget Reform
- 01/08/08 - Progressive States Network Lists States with Policies to Solve the Healthcare Crisis
- 01/08/08 - Kansas Voters Agree with Decision to Block Construction of Coal Plants, Poll Says
- 01/08/08 - Forget Oil, the New Global Crisis is Food
- 01/07/08 - Progressive States Network Lists Progress on Wage Standards and Workplace Freedom
- 01/07/08 - Progressive States Network on Broadband Buildout and Technology Investments in the States
- 01/07/08 - Shake, Rattle, and Carol: An Interview with Carol Moseley Braun about Her Biodynamic Food Company
- 01/06/08 - Oil Pushes $100 a Barrel--Implications for Biofuels
- 01/04/08 - Wal-Mart Gets Deal on Land for New Lenox Store
- 01/03/08 - Illinois Gets Rid of 120 Illegal Waste Dumps
- 12/31/07 - Putting Heat on School Menus
- 12/29/07 - USDA as Biotech Booster: Crop Insurance Discounts for Corn Growers Using Monsanto's GE Seeds
- 12/29/07 - Chicago Set To Tax Bottled Water
- 12/27/07 - Coal's Ascent is Igniting Intense Debate
- 12/26/07 - Uncertain Futures
- 12/26/07 - Million Tons of CO2 Will Be Injected Under Illinois
- 12/21/07 - Feds to Fund Major 'Clean Coal' Plant in Illinois
- 12/19/07 - Was Well Water Tainted?
- 12/18/07 - Six-Term Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney Announces Green Party Presidential Campaign
- 12/17/07 - Did Chemical Exposure Cause Cancers for McCullom Lake Residents?
- 12/15/07 - Homespun Electricity, From the Wind
- 12/15/07 - Wal-Mart Cancels Glen Carbon Project
- 12/14/07 - Three House Judiciary Members Call for Cheney Impeachment Hearings
- 12/12/07 - Wal-Mart Not Scheduled to Build
- 12/11/07 - McKinney Brings Green Presidential Race to Illinois
- 12/11/07 - Pollution Health Risks in Our Midst
- 12/09/07 - Cynthia McKinney Starts Her Campaign for President on Green Party Ticket
- 12/08/07 - Great Lakes See a Future Beyond Industry
- 12/07/07 - McDonald's Marketing Focused On Children, New Report States
- 12/05/07 - Illinois Earns Clean Energy Rising Star Award
- 12/05/07 - Movement Seeks Rise in Local Food
- 12/04/07 - In Miles of Alleys, Chicago Finds Its Next Environmental Frontier
- 12/01/07 - States Sue Over Eased EPA Disclosure Rule
- 11/29/07 - EPA Is Sued By 12 States Over Reports on Chemicals
- 11/29/07 - Banning Trans Fats in Restaurants
- 11/21/07 - Pioneering Illinois Farmer Recounts Transition to Organic
- 11/16/07 - Why Wal-Mart Set Up Shop in Italy
- 11/13/07 - The Ethanol Boom Seems to be Fading
- 11/11/07 - Were Latinos Left in the Dark About Thorium Contamination?
- 11/11/07 - As U.S. Water Worries Emerge, All Eyes Are On the Great Lakes
- 11/04/07 - Important Legislative News and Efforts on Climate Change
- 11/03/07 - Recycler is Accused of Polluting
- 10/31/07 - New Book Published on 'Post-Carbon Cities'
- 10/30/07 - State EPA Sues Over Toxic-Chemical Leaks in Pettibone Creek
- 10/26/07 - Draft Mercury Phase-Down Strategy: Open for Comments Until October 27, 2007
- 10/23/07 - Public Resistance to Corn-Based Biofuels Spurring More Subsidies for Sugar in the Farm Bill
- 10/16/07 - Pollution Fines at Center of State Fight
- 10/15/07 - President's Budget to Cut Education Spending--New Interactive Map Shows How Much Each State Stands to Lose
- 10/12/07 - Asthma: Englewood's Children Can Breathe a Little Easier
- 10/12/07 - Genetically Modified Corn Better for Agribusiness, May Harm Environment
- 10/10/07 - ADM, Bunge, Cargill: the ABCs of Rainforest Destruction
- 10/07/07 - Publicly Funded Clean Elections Programs a Tough Sell Across U.S.
- 10/06/07 - Premature Puberty for U.S. Girls Increasing Risks for Breast Cancer, Social & Emotional Problems
- 10/04/07 - Low Pumpkin Production Forecast
- 09/12/07 - The Obama-Edwards Ticket
- 09/07/07 - Illinois Food, Farms, and Jobs Act of 2007 Passes
- 09/06/07 - Corn Based Ethanol & Water Use & Farm Bill Update
- 09/05/07 - Organic Farming is Gaining Traction
- 08/21/07 - Organic-Lunch Project Pulled Out of Chicago Elementary School
- 08/16/07 - Automakers Organizing Rallies to Fight Proposed Fuel Efficiency Standards
- 07/26/07 - Power Shift
- 07/24/07 - Illinois Puts Pressure on BP
- 07/23/07 - 15 Green Cities
- 07/17/07 - BP Allowed to Increase Waste Discharges into Lake Michigan
- 07/17/07 - Study: Over 60% of PVC Packaging Violates Laws in 19 States Across the Country
- 07/10/07 - Taylorville Coal Plant Permit Appealed
- 06/25/07 - Local Clean Energy News
- 06/19/07 - Sustainable Table Presents the Eat Well Guided Tour of America
- 05/31/07 - Barack Obama and the Coal-to-Liquids Scam
- 05/07/07 - U.S. Certified Organic Food Market $17 Billion in 2006 - Safeway & Other Chains Increasing Sales
- 05/02/07 - Legal Action Forces Wal-Mart to Pull Lead-Tainted Baby Bibs in Three States
- 04/24/07 - Illinois State Board Presses for Wal-Mart Investigation
- 04/23/07 - Monsanto Tries to Bully rBGH-Free Dairies
- 04/18/07 - Simply Organic
- 04/16/07 - Wal-Mart Opposition Remains in Chicago
- 04/11/07 - Florida Farmworkers Force McDonald's to Agree to Pay Higher Wages to Tomato Pickers
- 04/09/07 - Chicago Wal-Mart Associates Speak Out
- 04/09/07 - Illinois Fight Against Wal-Mart: Residents Band Together
- 04/02/07 - IWU Wellness Expo Set for April 13-14
- 03/21/07 - EVENT: Support Local and Organic Farmers at Chicago's FamilyFarmed.org EXPO
- 03/12/07 - Wal-Mart Illinois Site Fight: Group Hires Attorney
- 03/09/07 - Wal-Mart's Illinois Site Fight: Halting Expansion
- 03/02/07 - More Last Minute Money in Chicago Election
- 02/23/07 - Illinois to Slash Mercury Emissions 90 Percent by 2009
- 02/20/07 - Illinois Site Fight: Wal-Mart Giving Up
- 02/14/07 - EVENT: Green Business Conference/ Green Fest
- 02/14/07 - EVENT: Sustain/Family Farmed.org Expo
- 02/08/07 - Wearing, Eating the Organic Way
- 02/07/07 - Chef Resolves to Help Kids Eat Better
- 02/06/07 - Defrauding Consumers with Labels that Say 'Real Kraft Cheese'
- 01/19/07 - Farm Workers Mobilize to Pressure McDonald's in Chicago Area
- 01/17/07 - Illinois Must Buy Flex Fuel Vehicles for State Fleet
- 12/15/06 - Illinois Wal-Mart Proposal Frustrates Mall Tenants
- 11/27/06 - Chicago Opens Household Chemicals Recycling Center
- 10/28/06 - Oilseed Processor Pays $13.9 Million for Clean Air Violations
- 10/04/06 - Wind Turbine Projects Can Finally Proceed
- 09/25/06 - Cornucopia & OCA Denounce Wal-Mart's War on Organic Farmers
- 09/15/06 - Slow Food's Coast to Coast Tour Visits Chicago
- 09/13/06 - State Governors Joining Together in National Anti-Sweatshop Initiative
- 09/07/06 - Living Wage for Retail Workers Passes in Chicago; Brennan Center Will Defend First in the Nation Law Against Likely Wal-Mart Court Challenge
- 08/09/06 - Chicago Students produce ready for harvest
- 08/02/06 - Farm Fresh Perspectives: You can find local and organic food
- 06/19/06 - Sixteen States Sue U.S. EPA Over Mercury Cap-and Trade Rule
- 06/12/06 - Meet 'Farmer John'--His Illinois Farm Has Spawned the Largest Organic Buying Group (CSA) in America
- 02/28/06 - Illinois Senator Barack Obama Calls for U.S. Energy Independence
- 02/01/06 - Illinois Farm Bureau & Monsanto Disagree on Technology Fees When Farmers Save Their GE Soybean Seeds
- 07/07/05 - New Generation of Farmers Can't Afford Rising Costs for Farmland
- 06/14/05 - American Black Farmers: An Endangered Species
- 03/17/05 - Climate Change Already Affecting Agriculture in U.S. Great Lakes Region
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