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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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Electric and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Best Practices

All vehicles have their own maintenance and performance best practices, and while most people are more comfortable with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles’ needs, electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) are just as easy to learn. Certain driving and battery best practices and knowledge of electric vehicle chargers can make a big

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The Village of Oak Park

Just west of downtown Chicago is the Village of Oak Park, a community of roughly 54,500 people that live within its 4.7 square miles. Modern Oak Park started out with just two residents. British settlers Joseph and Betty Kettlestrings moved from Yorkshire, England, and built a small frame house near present-day Lake Street and Harlem

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

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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City of Moline, Illinois Named 2022 Clean Fuels Champion by Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT)

The city, fleet and facilities manager Sarah Mark recognized for operating low-emission vehicles. CHICAGO, Dec. 7, 2022 – The City of Moline, Illinois has been named a Clean Fuels Champion by the Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT), a statewide nonprofit formerly known as Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition. The Illinois alliance, whose mission is

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Illinois Fire Service Institute and Chicago Area Clean Cities Offer Emergency Preparedness Training to Firefighters

CHICAGO, March 15, 2022 – The Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition and the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) are teaming up to offer emergency response training to firefighters throughout Illinois with the delivery of a new Alternative Fuel Vehicle course. The first training session will be offered in Dieterich, Illinois on Thursday, March 24. The

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ComEd Recognized for its Green Fleet by Chicago Area Clean Cities

CHICAGO, April 22, 2021 – ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ: EXC), was named a “Clean Fuels Champion” today by Chicago Area Clean Cities (CACC), a nonprofit coalition whose mission is to advance the energy, economic, and environmental security of the U.S. by supporting the reduction of petroleum consumption. ComEd received the award

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City of Naperville Opens First Compressed Natural Gas Station

NAPERVILLE, Ill., Dec. 1, 2020 – The City of Naperville, along with Trillium and Groot Industries, has opened Naperville’s first public compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station at 1720 Jefferson Ave. City staff first began investigating a transition from oil-based fuels to CNG, a cleaner methane that can be used in place of gasoline or

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ComEd Increasing Electrification of Vehicle Fleet

CHICAGO, Aug. 27, 2020 – ComEd is going electric with more of its own fleet vehicles to help electrify the transportation sector, which accounts for one-third of all U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and advance the adoption of electric vehicle (EV) technology in Illinois. ComEd’s current fleet of 3,000 vehicles includes 1,400 biodiesel-fueled line trucks

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Chicago Area Clean Cities Names Green Leadership Award Winners

CHICAGO, Dec. 5, 2019 – Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition (CACC) today announced its 2019 Leadership Award winners at its annual December Meeting and Reception held at The Great Escape in Schiller Park. The awards are given annually to organizations and individuals that take actions to locally reduce petroleum consumption and improve air quality, such

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