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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
Youth climate groups back CEJA
Illinois Youth Climate Movement, Sunrise Movement Chicago say Gov. Pritzker’s principles for a clean, renewable economy are not enough
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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
CEJA: Stronger than dirty energy
And stronger than ever as sponsors, activists cheer key changes, push for passage this fall
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Ted CoxCEJA, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Ann Williams, Cristina Castro, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, ComEd, Dulce Ortiz, Clean Power Lake County, Tony Pierce, Illinois People's Action, Tonyisha Harris, Andrew Barbeau, J.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump
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
Chicago nears declaring climate emergency
Aldermen call for joint effort between city, county, state, federal government
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Ted CoxCEJA, Climate Emergency, Ann Williams, George Cardenas, Matt Martin, Chicago City Council, Daniel La Spata, Bridget Degnen, Tom Balanoff, SEIU Local 1, Brendan Reilly, J.B. Pritzker, Lori Lightfoot, Jacky Grimshaw, Center for Neighborhood Technology
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
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
