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Commentary: How the Midwest benefits from the clean jobs revolution
Conservatives have always believed that free markets provide better outcomes, and the evidence is clear: the market is demanding more clean energy because the economics work.By Guest Contributor .
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Chicago town hall urges communities to take advantage of solar incentives
Almost a year after Illinois enacted a sweeping energy bill, Chicago-area developers, advocates, and government agencies are hustling to prepare local communities to take full advantage of state incentives coming in the next few years.By Guest Contributor .
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Commentary: Michigan is primed for an electric vehicle future
Michigan’s automakers, regulators and electric utilities are beginning to take steps in the right direction, but much more must be done to unlock the immense potential of the electric vehicle market today.By Guest Contributor .
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Video: How the smart grid is changing the job market in Illinois
As clean energy job growth outpaces conventional energy sectors like coal in Illinois, new opportunities are being created in both rural and urban areas of the state.By Guest Contributor .
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Chicago teens turn freezers into cars to learn more about cleantech
As demand grows for skilled workers in the clean energy economy, a recent event in Chicago provides a glimpse of what that future workforce might look like.By Guest Contributor .
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In Chicago and Iowa, contrasting tales of building a clean energy economy
As former industrial communities seek to rebuild their economies around clean energy, two cities in the Midwest provide examples with starkly different outcomes.By Guest Contributor .
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Illinois advocates urge EPA not to roll back coal ash regulation
Illinois environmentalists testified before the Environmental Protection Agency this week, urging officials not to roll back an Obama-era regulation limiting discharge into waterways from steam powered electric plants.By Guest Contributor .
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Commentary: Reports of a solar slowdown are greatly exaggerated
Earlier this month, a New York Times article declared that prospects for the U.S. rooftop solar market were dimming rapidly. But there is more to the story.By Guest Contributor .
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Future remains complicated for Indiana coal plant
The route ahead for one of Indiana’s largest coal plants is clouded by a lawsuit over a lease and costly pollution control upgrades, but environmental advocates say the destination should be clear: retirement, and soon.By Guest Contributor .
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Energy groups seek best practices for restoring pollinator habitats
A growing alliance of industry groups, environmentalists and government agencies are increasingly convinced that habitat restoration in rights-of-way corridors — including for electric transmission lines — could be key to propping up the region’s decimated pollinator population.By Guest Contributor .
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