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If you care about protecting your fellow residents from oppression from the Trump admin, you should urge your local electeds to cancel your contract with Flock Safety, as we did in Oak Park, IL. I wrote a detailed post on why:
My civic journey continues. I am joining local government as an Oak Park Village Trustee today!
Latest update from https://ilsolarmap.com
IL now has a total of 3,978 MW of solar operating capacity!
In the last 2 months alone, 1,379 MW have come online thanks to several large utility-scale projects including Double Black Diamond in Sangamon county and Maple Flats in Clay county
Chicago Councilmatic is now showing campaign donations for each Alder on their detail page. Political campaign contributions are required to be disclosed to the Illinois State Board of Elections, which has data going back to 1994. You can now search for donations, updated daily, by donor name, address, date, amount and type, along with a link to the official filing.
Illinois Solar Map is now showing planned projects! Now showing:
☀️ 2,286 MW of operating solar (blue)
🚧 5,625 MW planned or under construction (purple)
Explore by tract, county, place or state district
https://ilsolarmap.com has been updated!
IL is now has 2,176 megawatts of solar, up from 1,800 in November. A 20% increase!
Amethyst J. Davis, founder of The Harvey World Herald, will discuss the fragility of American democracy, the deepening news desert crisis and distrust in communities of color, and how a new generation of Black-owned newsrooms is intervening.
Fun fact: the highest concentration of small solar projects in the state is in Northwest Illinois.
Solar energy generated in Northwest Illinois is deliverable to customers in Chicago and the relative affordability of land there makes it a great economic opportunity. #cejaworks
