Archive for July 2025
Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition Statement on RTA Board Meeting
CHICAGO – Today during its board meeting, the RTA presented a comparison of how different major urban transit systems are addressing their respective fiscal cliffs. The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition released the following statement in response to the board’s discussion: “The majority of other urban transit systems have done one-time fixes and proposed large fare…
Read MoreIllinois Clean Jobs Coalition Statement on PJM Capacity Market Auction Results
ILLINOIS – Today, grid operator PJM announced results in its capacity auction that threaten to send electricity rates soaring for consumers in the ComEd region in Illinois. The overall cost of capacity, which PJM procures to ensure adequate resources to meet energy needs, jumped from $269.92 to $329.17. The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition released the…
Read MoreIllinois Clean Jobs Coalition Urges State Action on Climate and Consumer Protections as U.S. Congress Passes Job-Killing, Anti-Environment Budget
ILLINOIS – Today, U.S. Congressional Republicans passed the most extreme, expensive, and anti-environment budget reconciliation bill in history, wiping out good-paying clean energy jobs and raising energy costs for families by gutting the historic progress made in the bipartisan Inflation Reduction Act. The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition released the following statement: “For months, we’ve joined…
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