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Advocates press for Clean Energy Jobs Act

September 4, 2019

By Crystal Reed | Effingham Daily News Advocates for a proposed state law that they say would set ambitious targets for renewable energy, generate $30 billion in new infrastructure, improve public health and create thousands of new “clean energy” jobs were in Effingham recently to tout its benefits. Representatives of Faith In Place, which describes…

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New Partnership Seeks To Increase Solar Access In Chicago’s South Side

September 3, 2019

By Betsy Lillian | Solar Industry Blacks in Green (BIG), an environmental economic development organization designed to tackle pollution and poverty, has announced a new partnership with Sunrun. The partners aim to increase opportunities for South Side Chicago homeowners to access solar energy, as well as increase clean energy career opportunities for residents in traditionally…

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Town Hall set on clean energy legislation

August 29, 2019

By KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE ST. CHARLES – State Rep. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, is co-hosting a Clean Energy Town Hall from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in the Carnegie Room at the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles, according to a news release. This event is open and free to…

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EDITORIAL: Illinois’ energy future needs sense of urgency

August 22, 2019

By Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board “Now is no time to duck and cover. Some in Springfield reportedly are considering putting important energy legislation on the back burner until a controversy involving ComEd contractual lobbyists writing checks to a former aide to House Speaker Michael Madigan blows over. Any new energy legislation would almost certainly involve…

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Local experts help residents create cleaner energy for Illinois

August 13, 2019

By Emily Manley CARTERVILLE (WSIL) — A piece of legislation in Springfield could help secure clean and affordable energy for everyone in Illinois. Local experts spoke on Wednesday at John A. Logan College in Carterville about the Clean Energy Jobs Act would do if it became law. This would help make wind and solar development easier…

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Environmental Study Group: Solar power shines on Illinois

August 9, 2019

By Kay Day In a single hour, the amount of power from the sun that strikes the Earth is more than the entire world consumes in a year! Wow, isn’t that statistic amazing? Yet solar power only makes up about 8% of the renewable energy consumed in 2018. That is about to change across the…

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The push for clean energy in Illinois

August 9, 2019

Letter to the Editor by Don Dieckmann When the Dynegy-Vistra power plant in Wood River abruptly closed its doors in 2016, I anticipated the hardships Alton area communities would face as a result. I knew the plant’s closure would mean a loss of jobs, a drop in economic activity, and a struggle to address a…

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Locals gather to discuss how to save money on energy costs

August 6, 2019

by WICS/WRSP Staff Click here if the video fails to load. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — Springfield residents gathered to talk about saving money on energy costs and clean energy legislation. It was lead by the Faith Coalition for the Common Good. The meeting featured a discussion program to help people save money on energy and…

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Solar technicians return to Peoria to put learned skills to use

July 15, 2019

By Rebecca Brumfield PEORIA, Ill. — ICC Solar Pipeline Training graduates are back home in Peoria putting their learned skills to work. These students first learned technical skills through the Tri-County Urban League. Sunpeak, a solar company out of Madison, Wisconsin, hired three Peoria grads who are working on the installation. A local graduate says…

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EDITORIAL: Illinois must green up as Trump continues to trash the environment

June 20, 2019

“Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state lawmakers need to roll up their sleeves and put Illinois on a path toward cleaner energy before it’s too late. … As the Trump administration tries to push the nation toward a greater reliance on climate-damaging coal-fired power plants, Illinois must move ahead on its own energy legislation to move…

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