"As of January 1, every single one of them - including 98 fire stations, two international airports, and two of the largest water treatment plants on the planet - is running on renewable energy, thanks largely to Illinois' newest and largest solar farm."
"The move is projected to cut the carbon footprint of the country's third-largest city by approximately 290,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year - the equivalent of taking 62,000 cars off the road, according to the city."
"It's a plan that gets the city to take action on climate and also leverages our buying power to generate new opportunities for Chicagoans and the state," said Angela Tovar, Chicago's chief sustainability officer. "There's opportunities everywhere."
"Chicago's switch to renewable energy has been almost a decade in the making. The goal of sourcing the city's power purely from carbon-free sources was first established by then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2017."
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