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The Sun-Times’ Feb. 17 cover story on Chicago’s gas main replacement program failed to recognize the urgency of the plan and its support from regulatory agencies and an independent engineering expert.
Absent from the story was the plain fact that the critical condition of Chicago’s existing gas main system constitutes a safety emergency. The Illinois Commerce Commission ordered an independent engineering study of the system replacement plan in 2020, and one of its primary conclusions was alarming: More than 80% of gas mains in the City of Chicago have less than 15 years of reliable use remaining. The study went so far as to suggest that the timeline should be accelerated to complete the project 10 years sooner than originally suggested.
Updated on February 24, 2021 at 10:40 am
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One of the prospective developers of offshore wind farms miles from the New Jersey coast said it would train members of local labor unions to aid in the construction of its clean energy project.
The agreement between the wind developer Atlantic Shores and the six unions in New Jersey was described as the first of its kind in the United States, where a nascent offshore wind industry is hopeful for groundbreakings in the next few years of the Biden administration.
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Atlantic Shores, one of two developers with federal leases for offshore wind developments along the New Jersey coast, came to an agreement with local unions.