Hear where we stand environmentally at talk April 15 in Crystal Lake

Submitted by Environmental Defenders of McHenry County

The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County will present a program Monday, April 15, on “The State of the State, Environmentally Speaking” at McHenry County College’s Luecht Conference Center, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. The program is free and open to the public. The doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the program starts at 7 p.m.

Environment Illinois state program director Bruce Ratain will bring his view of the “state of the state.” Ratain led Environment Illinois’s effort to help pass historic clean energy provisions in the Illinois legislature in late 2011. His current campaigns include protecting Illinois from harms associated with fracking, protecting Lake Michigan from industrial waste, and advocating federal policies to regulate global warming pollution.

Environment Illinois is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. It works to get Illinois off oil, to protect Lake Michigan, to maintain the new EPA clean air standards, and to promote healthy farms.

This event is sponsored by Environmental Defenders of McHenry County and MCC Down to Earth. It is hosted by MCC Sustainability Center and the Lou Marchi Total Recycling Institute at McHenry County College.

The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and improvement of the environment. The group provides community residents with educational programs and volunteer action on pollution prevention, sustainable land use and energy and natural resource conservation. Donations are encouraged and are tax-deductible as charitable contributions For more information, visit mcdef.org or call (815) 338-0393.