Environmental Groups Issue Green Growth Platform for Next Chicago Mayor

Groups Raise 20 Questions for Mayoral Candidates' Responses for Voters

CHICAGO, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, seventeen leading Chicago environmental and conservation groups issued their Green Growth Platform and questionnaire for the City.  The groups are asking Mayoral candidates to answer 20 questions that will help voters learn where each candidate stands on the most important environmental issues facing our city.  The environmental groups will then send the candidates' responses to their 100,000+ members and supporters and to the overall public.

Chicago has become a leading green city, and these environmental values are shared by many Chicagoans.  The next mayor should continue to lead and expand Chicago green positioning for the good of our city and its residents and to better compete in the global market.

At a press conference this morning, environmental leaders explained their Green Growth Platform, which focuses on developing clean energy and cleaning up old highly polluting coal plants, improving recycling citywide, conserving water, protecting Lake Michigan and the Chicago River, promoting clean transportation and better mobility, creating more parks and open space and promoting local food. The complete survey is available at www.elpc.org/mayoralgreenplatform.

The Green Growth Platform was created by a coalition of 17 environmental, conservation and civic organizations, including:  Active Transportation Alliance,  Alliance for the Great Lakes, Blacks in Green, Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago Recycling Coalition, Citizen Action/Illinois, Environment Illinois, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Friends of the Chicago River, Friends of the Forest Preserves, Friends of the Parks, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Metropolitan Planning Council, Nuclear Energy Information Services, Openlands, Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago and Sierra Club/Illinois Chapter. The groups will work to educate candidates on the issues and share the candidates' responses with the public.

SOURCE Environmental Law & Policy Center

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