Archive for February 2019
Legislators, Community Leaders, Businesses Show Support for Transformational Clean Energy Legislation
Clean Energy Jobs Act would bring new jobs, especially to communities of color and rural counties throughout Illinois SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois lawmakers joined the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition today to press for bold clean energy legislation. The coalition of environmental, environmental justice, healthcare, consumer, business and faith leaders held a series of news conferences…
Read MoreBill wants Illinois to go all-in on green energy
Mitch Dudek | Chicago Sun-Times A bill seeking to move Illinois to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 was introduced in Springfield on Thursday. Renewable energy only accounts for about 4 percent of electricity in Illinois, according to a spokesman for the the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, the nonprofit group that drafted the legislation. Nuclear,…
Read MoreNew bills in Springfield could bring clean energy jobs to southern Illinois
Taylor Clark | KFVS 12 CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) – New bills part of the Clean Energy Jobs Act are in the process of getting in front of Illinois legislators. The goal being to make Illinois run exclusively on renewable energy resources by 2050. If passed, an estimated 40 million solar panels and 2,500 wind turbines…
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Solar seen as bright career path at Illinois community colleges
Lauren Robinson | Energy News Network Illinois’ Future Energy Jobs Act included funding to make solar training more accessible to lower-income residents. There was an energy about the 11 students gathered on a sunny December Saturday outside a South Side Chicago construction shop. Today, they’d put on their work gloves and protective glasses and put…
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