According to an analysis of employment data group E2 and nonprofit Evergreen Climate Innovations, clean energy businesses in Illinois added more than 5,600 workers in 2021, now employing 120,775 Illinoisans across the state. More Illinoisans are now working in clean energy than the number of lawyers, accountants and auditors, web developers, and real estate agents in the state combined.

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E2: Senate “Slams Brakes” on Made-in-USA Energy, Putting Projects, Jobs and Energy Security At Risk

WASHINGTON (July 1, 2025) – The U.S. Senate passed a massive tax and spending bill that will phase out and repeal federal tax policies creating jobs, driving new investments in manufacturing, and increasing American energy production. Businesses have ann...

June 28 2025

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Businesses Cancel $1.4 Billion In New Factories, Energy Projects in May as Congress Pushes Forward on Tax Increases

Cancellations now total $15.5 billion since January; nearly 12,000 jobs lost GOP districts see $9 billion in investments; 10,000 jobs disappear due to cancelled or delayed projects so far $444 million in new investments announced in M...

June 22 2025

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Senate Bill Threatens Investments, Jobs, Energy Security

Federal tax policies that are creating jobs and increasing America’s energy supplies would be phased out or repealed in new language released by the Senate Finance Committee today as part of President Trump’s massive tax and spending package.

June 16 2025

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