Posts by Hannah Flath
Lawmakers Avert Transit Fiscal Cliff, Invest in Public Transit and Illinois’ Future
Illinois – Today, following months of negotiations, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act, which includes a $1.5 billion investment in transit and critical reforms that take long-overdue steps to ensure transit agencies deliver a coordinated, cost-efficient regional transit service. In response, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition released the following…
Read MoreIllinois Clean Jobs Coalition Applauds Passage of Strongest State Response Yet to Federal Rollback of Climate Protections
Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act set to deliver consumer savings and accelerate Illinois’ clean energy goals amid poor regional and federal policy Illinois – Today, following passage yesterday in the House, the Illinois State Senate passed the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act (SB25), which protects consumers from energy price spikes and safeguards…
Read MoreConsumer and Environmental Advocates Respond to IMA’s Latest Attempts to Prop Up Fossil Fuel Industry Profits
Illinois – Today, the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association attempted to mislead lawmakers and Illinoisans about the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (SB25) in order to kowtow to fossil fuel interests. In response, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition released the following statement: “The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association is presenting bad math in bad faith on behalf of…
Read MoreLabor, Transit and Environmental Advocates Respond to RTA’s Attempts to Downplay Transit Fiscal Cliff
CHICAGO – Following the RTA Ad Hoc Committee on Transit Funding announcement in which the transit authority claimed Illinois’ initial transit fiscal cliff has fallen to $202 million, Tim Drea, on behalf of the Labor Alliance for Public Transportation and Amy Rynell, on behalf of the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, are calling on lawmakers and…
Read MoreAs Electricity Prices Spike, Advocates and Consumers Urge Passage of Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act In Fall Veto Session
As Electricity Prices Spike, Advocates and Consumers Urge Passage of Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act In Fall Veto Session Electric affordability crisis ramps up urgency to pass CRGA Act–legislation that would reduce power prices, lower bills for Illinois consumers CHICAGO – Amid an electricity price spike sparked by unprecedented power demand and federal rollbacks…
Read MoreICJC & LAPT Joint Letter: Pass Transit Funding & Reform in Veto Session
On Wednesday, August 27, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition (ICJC) and Labor Alliance for Public Transportation (LAPT) sent the following joint letter to lawmakers in the General Assembly urging them to pass legislation that funds and reforms public transit in the October veto session. August 27, 2025 Dear General Assembly Member, As leaders of labor…
Read MoreIllinois 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…
Read MoreLabor, Environmental, and Transit Advocates Call on Lawmakers to Return to Springfield this Summer to Address $770 Million Transit Fiscal Cliff
With pink slips scheduled for September and planned cuts to transit service, advocates and workers rallied Thursday to urge state lawmakers to prevent a catastrophe Chicago, IL. – As RTA, CTA, Metra, and Pace teeter over the transit fiscal cliff, transit riders and workers and labor, environmental, and transit advocates rallied on Thursday to urge…
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