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Illinois State Senate Candidate Bill Gentes
The Environment
The Issues:
- Regulation of industrial development.
- Rampant development of all available open land in many areas.
- Illinois ranks in the top 15% of most polluting states.
The Impacts:
- Water quality is deteriorating in many areas.
- Flooding is a concern when major developments disturb natural water flow.
- Air quality impacts many individuals with breathing problems.
The Actions:
- Work with communities in dealing with water purity concerns.
- Work with communities, builders and others to deal with the environmental impacts of large construction projects.
- Work with organizations concerned with the environment to determine what more can be done.
- We need to insure that industrial pollution is closely regulated.
- Building Route 53 will reduce automobile emissions which are a major pollutant. Cars backed up on roadways emit 40% more toxins into the air than traffic that is moving. Therefore, getting traffic off of local roads will improve the environment in numerous cities, towns and villages.
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