Resources
Civic Science Guides
Owner: The Land Institute
2023Civic science is a way for people in multiple locations to learn together as they each grow, care for, and study perennial grain crops. This page includes guides to silphium, perennial wheat, and sainfoin.
Carbon Capture Co-Benefits
Owner: Great Plains Institute
8/2023This report explains how carbon capture projects can deliver environmental, health, and economic co-benefits, including reduced air pollution, job creation, community investment, and support for equitable climate and industrial transition strategies.
Carbon Capture and Storage in the Midwest
Owner: Clean Air Task Force
4/2/2024Carbon capture and storage refers to a suite of technologies that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution from industrial facilities and power plants. Carbon capture and storage captures CO2 and other pollutants directly from a facility before they are emitted. The CO2 is then compressed and transported to where it is permanently and securely stored in […]
Land Management through Leasing
Owner: Delta Institute
4/2020This document provides a snapshot of public farmland in Illinois and how it is currently managed. The information sheds light on the existing challenges and informs strategies for working with public institutional landowners to improve farmland management through their leasing programs.
Economic Benefit Targeting for Development, Policies, and Programs Tool
Owner: Delta Institute
4/2020A scoring framework that helps evaluate economic, environmental, equity, public health, and community impacts of projects, measuring job creation, market growth, sustainability, and regional benefits across target populations.
Organizations
Clean Economy Tracker
Data platform tracking clean economy investments and projects; provides state fact sheets.
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office
Government office with the purpose of accelerating the advancement and deployment of solar technology in support of an equitable transition to a decarbonized economy.
Environmental Protection Network
The Environmental Protection Network harnesses the expertise of over 650 former EPA career staff and political appointees from across the country to serve as a trusted resource, answering calls for objective analysis, scientific rigor, and a vision for a transformed 21st century EPA.
Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub
The Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub (MBDH) is a network of people from academia, industry, government, and nonprofits who are passionate about using data-driven approaches to address grand challenges facing science and society. Anyone is welcome to join these efforts.
Clean Air Task Force
Clean Air Task Force is an international nonprofit organization working to accelerate the development and deployment of low-carbon technologies and science-based climate policy. The organization focuses heavily on carbon capture, methane reduction, clean fuels, and decarbonizing heavy industry.