Illinois! Are you worried about the impact of data centers on your community? Join Green Latinos and Warehouse Workers for Justice for a town hall.
April 27, 6:30 PM at Pilcher Park Nature Center
Dinner and Spanish interpretation will be available.
RSVP: act.greenlatinos.org/a/hidden-cos...
Friends, we have exciting news – thanks to a generous supporter who believes in our work, every $1 of the next $1500 donated to our Earth Month fundraiser will be doubled! You can 2x your impact with a gift today. bit.ly/EarthMonthFu...
#ActOnClimate #DivestIllinois #UtilityTransparency #CleanJobs
350 Chicago will be at One Earth Film Festival at the Park Ridge Community Church on Friday, April 24, 6 PM - 9 PM. Come meet us after to sign postcards supporting fossil fuel divestment and utility accountability. Executive Director Larry Coble will be in a panel discussion following the showings.
As a special bonus, for every $25 donated between now and April 30th, you will be entered to receive a gift pack of 350 Chicago merchandise gift set, including a 350 Chicago Hoodie, T-shirt, and a Patagonia backpack. Winners will be selected at random after the close of the fundraiser.
350 Chicago works every day to divest IL pension funds from fossil fuels, fight utility corruption to keep your utility bills lower and advocate for clean energy.
Can you help us continue by providing us with a gift? bit.ly/EarthMonthFu...
#DivestIllinois #UtilityTransparency #EarthMonth
We are so pleased to be an ongoing member charity of Community Shares of Illinois! Through Community Shares, we will be featured in many workplace giving campaigns throughout the year. You can support our work to fight the climate crisis in Illinois. Learn more at www.communitysharesillinois.org
350 Chicago attended the Loyola Local Action Conference to talk to students about the our work in Chicago and Illinois.
Thank you to Loyola Student Aana Shenai, 350 Chicago Board member and current co-President of the Loyola Student Environmental Alliance for recruiting us to participate.
350 Chicago is delighted to be involved with the One Earth Film Festival!
Celebrate 15 years of stories that inspire action! 🌍
From April 22–27, the 2026 Festival brings powerful environmental and climate justice films to Chicagoland and beyond.
Tickets: www.oneearthfilmfest.org/2026-films-b...
Take action! at: bit.ly/UtilityTrans...
We are advocating for an end to the practices of bill payers footing the bill for utilities.
Reigning in these practices will make utilities more affordable and help to speed up the energy transition.
#UtilityTransparency #UtilityAccountability
2) Laura Derks of Oak Park Climate Action Network brought postcards for the No Immunity for Big Oil campaign to be sent to Illinois U.S. Senators Durbin and Duckworth, telling them to vote NO on shielding oil and gas companies from paying for the climate damage done by their CO2 pollution.
1) Attendees of the Happy Hour emailed their Illinois legislators about the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act and the Utility Transparency Act, urging them to support both pieces of important legislation in the Illinois legislature. YOU CAN STILL TAKE ACTION ON THESE ISSUES AT linktr.ee/350Chicago
Thank you to everyone who attended our happy hour at Eris Brewery and Cider House on Thursday, March 5th for a night of conversation and a bit of good old fashioned activism!
If you weren't there, we hope you can make it to the next one, but check the replies to this post for what you missed!
Our very own executive director Larry Coble has been nominated for the Climate Action Museum's climate action hero awards!
Sign up to attend the awards celebration at givebutter.com/c/CAHA2026
We are so pleased to be an ongoing member charity of Community Shares of Illinois! Through Community Shares, we will be featured in many workplace giving campaigns throughout the year. Learn more about Community Shares at www.communitysharesillinois.org.
Here is your chance to show support for Fossil Fuel Divestment in Illinois by calling your IL State Reps. or Senators and asking them to support the Illinois Fossil Fuel Divestment Act. Go to bit.ly/CSPIemail (2/2)
Now is the time to divest the Illinois pensions from fossil fuels! We can’t do this without you. Go to bit.ly/CSPIemail to tell your legislators that you support fossil fuel divestment in Illinois. (1/2)
#DivestIL #ProtectILPensionsProtectOurPlanet
This looks like a complicated chart, but in fact it's some of the simplest and best news imaginable: batteries are quickly turning night into noon. Worth a read if I say so myself
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With Trump's EPA rescinding the endangerment finding, climate action at the state level is more important than ever. We’re advancing two climate bills in Illinois, but we can’t do it without you. Find out what’s at stake and how to help in this month's newsletter.
#climatenews #climateaction
Heating isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity. Yet Peoples Gas is pushing a $200 million gas rate hike tied to its costly and mismanaged pipeline replacement project.
That’s why IL Clean Jobs and partners are mobilizing in Chicago to demand #PeopleOverProfits.
Join us: bit.ly/4sFhmTL
350 Chicago along with coalition partners Citizen Utility Board and American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Illinois held a press conference in Springfield on February 25th to bring attention to the proposed legislation and the hidden expenses adding to already high monthly utility bills.
Did you know that utility companies can charge you for lobbying including lobbying the raise rates and slow down the energy transition?
Help us hold utility companies accountable: secure.everyaction.com/6VsnLppFZEGT...
#utilityaccountability #climateaction #affordability
Thank you to Heirloom Books at 6239 N. Clark Street in Chicago for their generous donation as part of their mission to support nonprofits! Heirloom books recycles used books back into the community and keeps them from landfills. We greatly appreciate their work and contribution to our efforts.
As the atrocities from the Trump regime have grown, so has our resistance. Help us show that Chicago is united in opposing the destructive attacks against our communities and our democracy.
Join us in Grant Park March 28.
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#NoKingsChicagoIL #HandsOffChicago
Here is your chance to show support for Fossil Fuel Divestment in Illinois by calling your IL State Reps. or Senators and asking them to support the Illinois Fossil Fuel Divestment Act. Go to bit.ly/CSPIcall
Now is the time to divest the Illinois pensions from fossil fuels! We can’t do this without you. Go to bit.ly/CSPIcall to tell your legislators that you support fossil fuel divestment in Illinois.
#DivestIL #ProtectILPensionsProtectOurPlanet
We're going to Reuse-a-palooza! ♻️
This semiannual event provides opportunities to repair household items, safely dispose tricky-to-recycle items and more! Join is with an amazing group of waste-reduction enthusiasts to focus on responsible approaches to purchasing and consumption.
#Reuseapalooza
Now is the time to divest Illinois pensions from fossil fuels!
We can’t do this without you. Go to bit.ly/CSPIemail to tell your legislators that you support fossil fuel divestment in Illinois.
#DivestIL #ProtectILPensionsProtectOurPlanet
Now is the time to divest the Illinois pensions from fossil fuels! We can’t do this without you. Go to bit.ly/CSPIcall to tell your legislators that you support fossil fuel divestment in Illinois. #DivestIL #ProtectILPensionsProtectOurPlanet
We're going to Reuse-a-palooza! ♻️
This semiannual event provides opportunities to repair household items, safely dispose tricky-to-recycle items and more! Join is with an amazing group of waste-reduction enthusiasts to focus on responsible approaches to purchasing and consumption.
#Reuseapalooza
Want to do something fun and climate related? I know that's a weird combo.
350 Chicago is hosting a Happy Hour! Come out to Eris Brewery and Cider House at 4240 West Irving Park in Chicago on Thursday, March 5th from 5:00 - 8:00 PM for a bit of socializing and learn about the work we are doing.