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What’s billed as a climate-friendly, consumer-friendly proposal is Gov. JB Pritzker’s “Consumers and Climate First Act,” promising a path to 100 percent clean energy by 2050 and greater accountability for Big Energy.
“I do not believe that there is a monopoly on good ideas,” said House sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner (D-Chicago). “This will require a coalition of the willing to work to create a better future that protects the earth, protects consumers, and focuses on equity and serves as an entree to the jobs of the future.”
Speaking of jobs, “People in coal will have to work in other sectors, but there is no reason we can’t make sure that everyone is economically taken care of,” said Abe Scarr, director of the Illinois Public Interest Research Group.
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Yet, they received $3.5 billion in tax refunds.
On top of that, in April of last year when the Covid-19 pandemic reached its first peak, the government provided $500 billion in emergency aid to large corporations. The awarded relief did not guarantee job preservation, nor did it place a cap on executive pay.
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Consumer advocates are pushing Illinois to adopt Right to Repair laws to give consumers the information and tools they need to fix their equipment when it