Benefits of the American Clean Energy & Security Act for Illinois

The High Price of Inaction

Following, the U.S. House of Representatives historic passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454), in the fall the U.S. Senate will be considering this landmark piece of legislation. With that said, the Illinois Climate Action Network is calling on the U.S. Senate to strengthen and pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454).

The benefits of the American Clean Energy and Security Act for Illinois are clear, and the price of inaction is high. The Illinois Climate Action Network has created a short briefing book on the act that explains how the ACES legislation will specificially benefit Illinois and the Illinois Climate Action Network's recommendations on how to improve this historic piece of legislation. To read the Illinois Climate Action Network's ACES briefing book, click here. 

Climate Change: Midwest Impact

US Global Change Research Program Predicts Devestating Impacts for Midwest Human Health, Agriculture, and Great Lakes Shipping

According to a recently released report by 13 federal science agencies, if climate change continues at the current pace without dramatic cuts in global warming pollution, Illinois faces a future marked by more extreme heat waves, extreme flooding, lower levels in Lake Michigan adversely impacting shipping, and reduced agricultural yields.

To read a summary of the report's conclusions regarding the Midwest impact of Climate Change click here.