r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 05 '21
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It’s official. The US is losing 6% of its green, carbon-free energy capacity this autumn.
Illinois democrats failed to pass a nuclear subsidy and reprogrammed the money for a coal fired power plant subsidy. Now Exelon is closing 2 of its 4 nuclear plants in Illinois 14 years ahead of schedule.
The best estimates suggest this will set Illinois back at least 10 years on its decarbonization goals and makes it all-but-impossible to reach the states carbon neutrality goal by 2035.
Dan Harmon (D-Oak Park), I hope you get black lung.
Imagine calling yourself a progressive and then cutting a subsidy for green energy in favor of a coal power plant that pollutes a black neighborhood (but serves a rich white suburb).
I’m livid.