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Last chance for Illinois solar? Desperate advocates push fix in lame duck session

By Kari Lydersen

After backing competing clean energy bills, solar advocates and developers have reportedly united behind a small, short-term funding extension proposal.

Illinois

Illinois hangs over a ‘solar cliff’ — and developers gaze into the unknown

By Kari Lydersen

The final incentives from the state’s 2017 Future Energy Jobs Act were awarded on Monday as solar developers plead for a legislative fix next month.

electric vehicle charging

In Chicago, ‘charging deserts’ part of racial divide on electric vehicles

By Audrey Henderson

Public charging stations are most heavily concentrated in the city’s more affluent neighborhoods, while many communities on the South and West side have none.

economic development

A sustainable refocus helps a historic Chicago community rebuild

By Audrey Henderson

After decades of economic decline, the former planned company town of Pullman is pivoting from heavy industry to green development.

Illinois

Report: Illinois utility fails to deliver on smart meter benefits

By Kari Lydersen

The public advocacy group Illinois PIRG says ComEd has dragged its feet on offering tools or programs to help customers unlock savings from smart meters.

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Will Blackjewel leave Eastern Kentuckians to clean up its abandoned coal mines?

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Ohio attorney general asks judge to block FirstEnergy surcharge in nuclear bailout scandal

Source: Reuters

Massachusetts governor vetoes climate bill, citing housing concerns

Source: WBUR

Will 2021 be the year for environmental justice legislation? States are already leading the way

Source: Inside Climate News

Amid production woes, U.S. coal deaths at historic low in 2020

Source: Associated Press

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Midwest Energy News

January 15 2021

Minnesota falls further behind on emission-reduction targets

EMISSIONS: • Minnesota is falling further behind on its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets largely because of increased natural gas usage and transportation emissions. (Star Tribune) • Transportation-related nitrogen dioxide emissions declined markedly in the St. Louis area over the past year during the pandemic, following trends in cities globally. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) POLITICS: Exelon […]

Southeast Energy News

January 15 2021

Coal bankruptcy could leave massive environmental mess for taxpayers and communities

COAL: Kentucky residents worry that bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel may abandon many of its unreclaimed surface mines, leaving a massive environmental mess for taxpayers and communities. (Lexington Herald-Leader) ALSO: A new report says the cost of reclaiming nearly half a million billion acres of mined land in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee may […]

Northeast Energy News

January 15 2021

Massachusetts Gov. Baker vetoes climate roadmap bill

CLIMATE: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker vetoes a comprehensive climate roadmap bill, saying its efficiency requirements would have burdened the housing sector and that the bill lacked tools for localities to address environmental justice issues. (Masslive.com) ALSO: • Maine and two private organizations are taking preliminary steps to include small woodlot owners to use their trees […]

Western Energy News

January 15 2021

Critics say Colorado’s new climate plan still too vague

CLIMATE: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis reveals a new plan to reduce greenhouse gas pollution with a goal of reaching 100% renewable energy by 2040, but critics say the roadmap is still not specific enough. (CBS Denver, Colorado Sun) ALSO: A new California program aiming to support Native American tribes’ clean energy efforts in the state […]

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Utilities reconsider campaign donations in wake of Capitol riot

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