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At issue is whether former Commissioner Mike Huebsch’s interactions with one of the project’s owners tainted his approval of the line, which the Public Service Commission authorized with a 3-0
Home » News » How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law Source: By Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News and Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times • Posted: Monday, May 24, 2021 State lawmakers are running out of time to fix 2016 clean energy legislation. Pete Southerton (left) and Tom Bradshaw, of solar energy contractor Certasun, install solar panels on a Chicago home on May 17, 2021. Credit: Ashlee Re...
Renewable energy cheated in uneasy coalition with Exelon nuclear, in Illinois How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law, Inside Climate News State lawmakers are running out of time to fix 2016 clean energy legislation. By Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News and Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-TimesMay 21, 2021 This article is the result of a partnership between Inside Climate News and the Chicago Sun-Times. CHICAGO—Just over five years ago, the Illinois Legislature passed a plan that aimed to build a solar power industry from scr...
A proposed high-voltage power line between northern Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin faces yet another legal challenge. Environmental groups sued the Army Corps of Engineers in federal court Wednesday over its permit allowing utilities to place towers in the Mississippi River for the $492 million project known as Cardinal-Hickory Creek. The National Wildlife Refuge Association, Driftless Area Land Conservancy and three other organizations say the agency violated federal environmental law by failing to take a âhard lookâ at the environmental consequences of the 102-mile line on public...
U.S. Senate confirms Hoosier Janet McCabe to be Deputy Administrator in Biden's EPA Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star Replay Video UP NEXT The U.S. Senate confirmed Hoosier Janet McCabe to be deputy administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday. President Joe Biden nominated McCabe for the position in January. That means she will serve as the No. 2 under the agency's incoming leader Michael Regan, who was nominated for his experience as top environmental regulator for North Carolina. In a time of partisan politics, McCabe was confirmed in a 52-42 vote....