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With Fossil Fuels’ Comeback, Can Climate Goals Get Back on Track in Illinois?

Inside Climate News · By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times · last updated
Springfield lawmakers will hash out a plan to move solar and wind projects forward after sluggish growth for clean power in Illinois and a recent rise in coal and natural gas demand.

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

More than three years after Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law a major climate change plan to usher in solar and wind energy and phase out polluting, planet-warming coal and natural gas, fossil fuels are making a comeback.