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Posts tagged Illinois Youth Climate Strike
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
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
2020 will require clear vision for future
What kind of year will it be? From the presidential race and the fair tax to climate change and the U.S. Census, the decisions are up to us.
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Ted Cox2020, 1984, 2001, Greta Thunberg, Illinois Primary, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Trump Impeachment, Bill Brady, Richard Guebert Jr., Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legal Marijuana
'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
U. of I. declares climate emergency
President Killeen joins more than 200 universities in signing letter delivered to Madrid climate conference
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, Timothy Killeen, University of Illinois, UIUC, UIC, University of Illinois System, University of Illinois at Springfield, Madrid Climate Conference, COP25, Greta Thunberg, Antonio Guterres, Illinois Youth Climate Strike
UN head warns of encroaching 'point of no return' on climate change
Secretary-General Guterres urges ‘taxing pollution instead of people’
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Ted CoxUnited Nations, Antonio Guterres, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Inger Andersen, UN Environment Programme, Greta Thunberg, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Marcia Bernicat
UN climate report calls for emission cuts now
‘We need to catch up on the years in which we procrastinated,’ says UN agency head
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Conservative DePaul prof. rags on Greta
Tenured Jason Hill courts controversy anew with attack on ‘ecofascist’ and ‘your smug generation’
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CEJA could spur $39B investment
Clean energy would produce $6B in state, local tax revenue over 20 years, says new study
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Accelerate Group, Cristina Castro, Ann Williams, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Stop EtO in Lake County, Stop Sterigenics, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, J.B. Pritzker, Rita Mayfield, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition
Clean Energy Jobs Act heads into smoke-filled veto session
Legislators, activists say it smooths path from fossil fuels to solar, wind
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Scott Bennett, J.B. Pritzker, Tracy Fox, Central Illinois Healthy Community Alliance, Illinois People's Action, Vistra Energy, Peabody Mining, Renner Barsella, Sierra Club Beyond Coal, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Vermillion River, Vermillion River Coal Ash, Illinois Coal Ash, Rita Mayfield, Midwest Generation, Juliana Pino, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Illinois Youth Climate Strike
Climate-strike marchers stage Chicago die-in
Illinois Youth Climate Strike is joined by veteran environmentalists in calling for a climate emergency
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Thousands of striking students march over climate change
Illinois Youth Climate Strike pushes for Clean Energy Jobs Act
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Green New Deal, Ida B. Wells, Isabella Johnson, Global Climate Strike, Greta Thunberg, Ann Williams, Serena Worley, Avery Martin, Patricia Agnes, Angela Diaz, Emily Graslie, Field Museum
Students seek to expand support for strike on climate change
Friday march in Chicago calls for state to pass Clean Energy Jobs Act
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