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Posts tagged Clean Energy Jobs Act
State hits 'solar cliff' as incentives run out
Path to 100 environmental group pushes for renewed goals, funding for solar, wind energy
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Ted CoxIllinois Renewable Energy, Illinois Wind Energy, Illinois Solar Energy, Path to 100, Future Energy Jobs Act, Illinois Power Agency, Illinois State University, David Loomis, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Climate Jobs Illinois, Cristina Castro, J.B. Pritzker
Clean Energy Lobby Day goes virtual
CEJA backers claim record support as more than 1,000 lobby legislators online
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Coalition, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Clean Energy Lobby Day, Tonyisha Harris, Illinois Environmental Council, William Hall, St. James Community Church, J.B. Pritzker, Michelle Knox, WindSolarUSA, Future Energy Jobs Act, Chama St. Louis, Peoria People's Project, Eduardo Flores, Clean Power Lake County, Mary Ellen DeClue, Tylor Dove, SIUE
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
How do we get from here to there? The Just Transition Fund and guaranteed income offer answers.
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Ted CoxClimate Jobs Illinois, Just Transition Fund, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19 Economic Collapse, Public Banking, Guaranteed Income
10-point plan for clean energy by 2050
Climate Jobs Illinois calls for solar, wind expansion, Transition Fund for fossil-fuel communities
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Ted CoxIllinois Clean Energy, Climate Jobs Illinois, Illinois Wind Energy, Illinois Solar Energy, Nikki Budzinski, Illinois Nuclear Energy, Exelon, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Future Energy Jobs Act, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Michael Beeftink, CEJA
Poll backs strengthening of CEJA
Updated bill bolsters provisions for social equity, job creation, utility accountability
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Coalition, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Solar Energy, Illinois Wind Energy, Illinois Renewable Energy, Emanuel Chris Welch, Robert Rita
Unions ally to form Climate Jobs Illinois
Pritzker backs coalition to connect workers with clean energy
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Ted CoxClimate Jobs Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, Sue Rezin, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Clean Energy Jobs, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Dave Koehler, Tim Drea, Illinois AFL-CIO, Chicago Federation of Labor, Bob Reiter, Chicago & Cook County Building & Construction Trades Council, Ralph Affrunti, Bob Howard, Bob Thompson, Rivian, Christine Blair, Ann Williams
Exelon threatens to close two nuke plants
Threat to 3,500 jobs in Bryron, Morris seen as attempt to squeeze concessions from legislators, Pritzker
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Ted CoxExelon, Exelon Generation, Byron Nuclear Power Plant, Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, Morris Nuclear Power Plant, ComEd, ComEd Bribery, Jordan Abudayyeh, Donald Trump, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Cristina Castro, Ann Williams, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Andrew Barbeau, Christopher Crane
CEJA pushed to back burner by COVID
But issues are connected, especially on equity, say IEC’s Walling, Sen. Castro
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Act, Clean Energy Jobs, CEJA, Cristina Castro, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Chicago Area Public Affairs Group, Jen Walling, Illinois Environmental Council, J.B. Pritzker, Path to 100, Future Energy Jobs Act, Vistra Energy, ComEd, Exelon, Illinois Nuclear Energy, Illinois Solar Energy, Illinois Wind Energy, COVID-19 Disparities
Pritzker recommits to clean-energy economy
Governor establishes eight principles for legislation, backed by environmentalists
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Ted CoxCEJA, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Clean Energy Jobs Act, J.B. Pritzker, ComEd, ComEd Bribery, Colleen Smith, Illinois Environmental Council, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Ann Williams, U.S. Department of Justice, J.C. Kibbey, Illinois Solar Energy, Cristina Castro
Democratize ComEd calls for public control of utility
Bribery scandal means reform ‘makes more sense than ever’
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Ted CoxComEd, Exelon, Democratize ComEd, Daniel La Spata, Liz Kantor, Matthew Cason, Ann Williams, Michael Madigan, Bruce Rauner, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Future Energy Jobs Act
House committee releases comprehensive plan to solve climate crisis
Rep. Casten calls it ‘a roadmap to turn this ship around’
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, Nancy Pelosi, Kathy Castor, Sean Casten, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Montreal Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Al Gore
Clean energy can renew economy
Growth sector hard hit by pandemic but poised for rebound; advocates urge policy support like Clean Energy Jobs Act
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Act, Clean Jobs, Illinois Renewable Energy, Illinois Wind Farms, Illinois Wind Energy, Illinois Solar Energy, Ian Adams, Clean Energy Trust, Christopher Gersch, Verde Energy Solutions, Micaela Preskill, E2, Rivian, Future Energy Jobs Act, Ann Williams, Heroes Act
Clean Energy Jobs Act: Now more than ever
State Rep. Williams says, ‘It really fits in with our goals for the COVID recovery’
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Ted CoxCEJA, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Ann Williams, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, World Health Organization, Illinois Youth Climate Movement, Bruce Rauner
Ill. Youth Climate Movement takes Earth Day protest online
Group divides from national branch to stay inclusive, nonpartisan
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Ted CoxIllinois Youth Climate Strike, Illinois Youth Climate Movement, Ella Barry, Benet Academy, U.S. Youth Climate Strike, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19
Chicago declares climate emergency
City Council unanimously approves resolution urging immediate action
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State of the State: 'Growing stronger each day'
Pritzker blasts doomsayers, touts achievements, looks ahead to ethics reform, clean energy, lower property taxes
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Pritzker State of the State, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Childhood Development, CCAP, Bonnie Brackett, Heartland Kids Early Learning Center, Illinois Ethics Reform, Illinois Criminal Justice Reform, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Ann Williams, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Illinois Property Taxes
23,000 Illinoisans call for Clean Energy Jobs Act
Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition presents petition to Gov. Pritzker
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Act, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, J.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump, Joyce Mason, Zion Nuclear Power Station, CEJA, Colin Byers, Clean Power Lake County, John Delury, Vote Solar, Christina Uzzo, Citizens Utility Board, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Anthony Leiserowitz, Yale University, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Illinois Youth Climate Strike
Clean Energy Jobs Act would halt $846M Trump rate hike
Rep. Williams, Sen. Castro rip ‘massive bailout of the fossil-fuel industry’
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Act, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, CEJA, Ann Williams, Cristina Castro, David Kolata, Citizens Utility Board, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Illinois Utilities, Illinois Coal Ash, Illinois Coal Plants, Illinois Coal, Illinois Power Agency, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Future Energy Jobs Act
'What a difference a governor makes'
Pritzker, Lightfoot take office with ambitious progressive agendas as new highs beckon and a record low goes in the books
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Kelly Cassidy, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Lori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle, Income Inequality, Gini Index, U.S. News & World Report, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Greta Thunberg, Clean Energy Jobs Act
Illinois Youth Climate Strike renews call for action
Hundreds march through Chicago, stage die-in at Bean
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Ted CoxIllinois Youth Climate Strike, Zara Linneman, Ella Barry, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Josh Simpson, Social Justice Institute, GoodKids MadCity, Greta Thunberg, Climate Refugees, Miranda Green, Sunrise Movement Chicago, League of Women Voters of Illinois, Lori Lightfoot, University of Illinois, Madrid Climate Conference
