Make Your Voice Heard in Springfield

Hello Fellow Climate Activists,

I wanted to highlight these Climate Related Witness Slips for energy and environment next week. ?By filing these witness slips, you can have an effect on your representatives and senators votes on the issues below. Please take the additional step of contacting your lawmakers about these bills to make sure your voice is heard.

Simply click on the link and file your witness slip! ?Instructions are at the bottom of the email.

The following bills will be called up for votes soon and you can tell your legislator how you feel about each. The witness slips only take a couple of minutes each to register your opinion. We have received these notifications through our membership/partnership with the Illinois Environmental Council(IEC) in Springfield.

Bills:

OPPOSE - HB4135 would weaken our state's law restricting overregulation of solar by counties by increasing the required setback for solar to an amount that would stop most solar projects in the state. ?Please file a witness slip here and be sure to select OPPONENT.

SUPPORT - HB1634 is our language requiring the IEPA to adopt the Advanced Clean Truck and clean car standards. ?File a witness slip as a PROPONENT here. This bill won't be called this week, but we'd like to show strong support for this issue.

SUPPORT - HB4209 would change IDNR requirements to bring EV charging stations to state parks and increase the amount of solar that can be on IDNR owned land (Not conservation land, more like ag land and also it does require management practices in line with the Pollinator Friendly Solar Site Act) ? File a witness slip as a proponent here.

SUPPORT - HB2363 would speed up the change from fluorescent bulbs to LED bulbs. File a witness slip as a proponent here. This bill won't be called this week as well, but we should show support for this PIRG initiative!

Here are the instructions to file a witness slip:

Before beginning, we recommend clicking the "log on" button on the very top right to create an account. While you don't have to do this, it will enable you to view or edit any slips you enter at a later time.

Under Section I. Identification, input your address or information. If you are filing as an individual, put your home address. If you are affiliated with an organization, but not authorized to represent it, you might include the information under "firm/business."
Under Section II. Representation, it is recommended that you enter "self" or NA, unless you are authorized to represent an organization.
Under Section III. Position, be sure to click "Proponent" or "Opponent"
Under Section IV. ?Testimony, click "Record of Appearance Only."

Then please click "Create (Slip)" located at the bottom right corner.

You may see a box that you will have to check saying that you agree to ILGA's Terms of Agreement in the bottom left corner. You may also see a Captcha system to prove you are not a bot once you click on "Create (Slip)"

In solidarity,

Team 350 Chicago