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Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation Announces 2025 Clean Transportation Leadership Award Winners and Clean Fuels Champion

The Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT) has announced this year’s Clean Transportation Leadership Awards and Clean Fuels Champion. A U.S. Department of Energy designated coalition in the Clean Cities and Communities partnership, IACT is a nonprofit working to promote environmentally friendly vehicles and cleaner, healthier air throughout Illinois. On December 11, 2025, the coalition […]

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“Keep On Truckin” 2026 Electric Truck Lunch and Learn, Ride and Drive

Electric News, Events and Webinars, IACT News, News / By Whitney

On October 9, 2025, IACT, ComEd, and host, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, held its Oktober Fest, EV Truck Lunch N Learn at Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve. Keep on Truckin’ is an annual educational event to help guide fleet managers in their next steps to EV readiness and transition initiatives. The event was an

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A History of Alternative Fuels

Biodiesel, Blog, Electric, Emissions Reduction, Ethanol, Hybrid, Hydrogen, Natural Gas, Propane, Renewable Diesel / By Whitney

What are alternative fuels? Alternative fuels are fuels sourced from non-petroleum and often renewable resources. This includes but is not limited to fuels made from fossil fuels that burn cleaner and others from plant-based materials or organic waste. In a previous blog, we covered what alternative fuels are and why they’re important. Now, we’ll go

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Powering Chicago Named IACT’s ‘Clean Fuels Champion,” 6 Others Granted Sustainability Leadership Awards

Biodiesel News, Electric News, Ethanol News, Events and Webinars, IACT News, Natural Gas News, News / By Whitney

The Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT) recently held its Annual Meeting and Holiday Reception on December 11, 2024, at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Schaumburg, awarding multiple organizations for their work within sustainable transportation and crowning this year’s Clean Fuels Champion. Each December, IACT hosts a meeting to review the year’s highlights, discuss the upcoming

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IACT Assists with Great River Road Collaboration Project

Biodiesel News, Electric News, Ethanol News, Hydrogen News, IACT News, Natural Gas News, News, Propane News / By Whitney

The Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT) will be joining the Great River Road Collaboration project, which aims to unite ten Clean Cities & Communities coalitions along the Mississippi River’s Great River Road to establish an alternative fuel corridor that supports diverse clean fuel and vehicle technologies. The Great River Road is a National Scenic

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EMPOWER EV Friendly Workplace Charging 2024 Pledges to Receive Certificate of Accomplishment

Electric News, IACT News, News / By Whitney

The Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT) will congratulate 20 Illinois organizations at its Annual Meeting and Holiday Reception for participating in the EMPOWER Workplace Charging Program in 2024. EMPOWER (Equitable Mobility Powering Opportunities for Workplace Electrification Readiness) is a project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to support sustainable transportation and reduce carbon

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IACT to Sponsor Two Electric Vehicle Events on September 21, 2024 – Decatur and Chicago

Electric News, Events and Webinars, IACT News, News / By Whitney

In celebration of National Drive Electric Week, running nationwide from September 27 to October 6, 2024, the Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT) is hosting two exciting electric vehicle events for the public a week early in Decatur and Chicago on Saturday, September 21, 2024. Decatur’s event will be held from 10:00 am to 2:00

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Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT) Recognizes Sustainable Transportation Leaders – 2023

Biodiesel News, Electric News, Hybrid News, IACT News, Natural Gas News, News / By Bethany Kraseman

Leaders recognized for clean fuels fleets, infrastructure, education, and community engagement. CHICAGO, Dec. 7, 2023 – The Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT), formerly known as Chicago Area Clean Cities, announced its 2023 Sustainable Transportation Award winners. The awards are given annually to organizations and individuals who impact the reduction of vehicle emissions that improve

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WasteNot Compost Named 2023 Clean Fuels Champion by the Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT)

Electric News, Events and Webinars, IACT News, News / By Bethany Kraseman

Liam Donnelly recognized for building fully electric waste management fleet. CHICAGO, Dec. 7, 2023 – WasteNot Compost has been named the 2023 Clean Fuels Champion by the Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT), a statewide nonprofit whose mission is to reduce transportation emissions. The IACT recognized the WasteNot Compost CEO Liam Donnelly with its top

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Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation and Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. Announce Partnership in the EV Workplace Project

Electric News, IACT News, News / By IL-ACT Communications

The Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT) is pleased to announce the first in-state collaboration with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd., in the Equitable Mobility Powering Opportunities for Workplace Electrification Readiness (EMPOWER) Project. Launched formally in 2023, the EMPOWER Project is focused on building a sustainable future through national workplace charging for electric vehicles (EV).

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