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Illinois becomes 1st Midwestern state to pass a law to phase out fossil fuels
Ben Adler
Mon, September 27, 2021, 3:09 PM
At a time when the Midwest is being battered by more severe storms due to climate change, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a landmark law this month that will transition the state to 100 percent clean energy by 2045, with benchmarks along the way.
While the effort has largely escaped national media attention, it is especially noteworthy for three reasons: Illinois is the first state in the coal-heavy Midwest to commit to eliminating carbon emissions; the plan received some Republican support; and it includes programs to ensure economic and racial equity.
“What we’ve now done is made it clear that [fossil fuels] are not in Illinois’s future,” Jack Darin, director of the Illinois chapter of the Sierra Club, told Yahoo News.
Illinois becomes 1st Midwestern state to pass a law to phase out fossil fuels
At a time when the Midwest is being battered by more severe storms due to climate change, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a landmark law this month that will transition the state to 100 percent clean energy by 2045, with benchmarks along the way.
www.yahoo.com
Well, the entire state of Illinois will now live like the Amish?
Lol
Want to bet the rich white leftists in that commie state won't be giving up their cars, or air conditioners, or anything that has iron or steel in their buildings or homes?
Want to bet that?