{"id":5562,"date":"2025-10-31T16:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/?p=5562"},"modified":"2025-10-31T16:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:56:12","slug":"greenlatinos-illinois-celebrates-major-wins-for-clean-affordable-energy-public-transit-in-latino-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/greenlatinos-illinois-celebrates-major-wins-for-clean-affordable-energy-public-transit-in-latino-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"GreenLatinos Illinois Celebrates Major Wins for Clean, Affordable Energy & Public Transit in Latino Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"
PARA PUBLICACI\u00d3N INMEDIATA:<\/strong>
<\/td>		CONTACTO PARA LOS MEDIOS:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
10\/31\/25<\/td>Edder D\u00edaz Mart\u00ednez,
Communications Director
602-832-6039
edderdiazmartinez@greenlatinos.org<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

SPRINGFIELD, IL<\/strong> \u2013\u2013 GreenLatinos Illinois applauds the Illinois General Assembly for passing two transformative pieces of legislation this week: the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act<\/a> y el Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act<\/a> (SB25). These laws represent significant strides in climate action, economic opportunity, and equitable access to clean energy and public transportation, benefiting Latino\/a\/e, frontline, and low-income communities across Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CRGA Act brings critical relief to families struggling with high utility bills while also expanding access to rebates for home weatherization and energy-efficient appliances, and significantly increasing support for low-income energy efficiency programs. The law also strengthens transmission infrastructure, reduces bottlenecks in grid development, and maximizes the delivery of clean energy across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid threats of a fiscal cliff and potential 40% service cuts, the NITA Act not only preserves our transit system but transforms it by better integrating service across CTA, Metra, and Pace, establishing a unified fare system, and ensuring affordability through discounted passes for low-income riders. The law also enhances safety through a new Transit Ambassador program and promotes cleaner air by reducing vehicle emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a member of the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, GreenLatinos is proud to have served as an advisor to the Power Sector Negotiating Team and worked alongside coalition partners to co-host town halls, organize in-district meetings, and participate in regular working group and grassroots calls to ensure that the voices of communities most impacted by energy and transit inequities helped shape these policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the close of the Illinois General Assembly\u2019s 2025 Veto Session, Illinois State Program Director, Lucy Contreras, releases the following statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLatino families have long faced the burden of high energy costs, air pollution, and underfunded transit systems. The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act takes meaningful steps to lower energy costs and expand clean energy opportunities, while the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act preserves and improves the public transit system that is a lifeline for so many in our communities. Together, these laws deliver cleaner air, affordable energy, and reliable transit for the families who need them most.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the future, GreenLatinos Illinois looks forward to continue collaborating with Illinois lawmakers and directly impacted community members to ensure their voices are amplified and uplifted during future legislative sessions. We recognize that those closest to the problem are often closest to the solution, so including these voices is necessary not only to drive a green economy but also to improve air quality for our comunidades.<\/em>"- Lucy Contreras, Illinois State Program Director.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Acerca de GreenLatinos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VerdeLatinos (NOTA: GreenLatinos es UNA PALABRA)<\/strong> es una comunidad activa de l\u00edderes latinos, envalentonados por el poder y la sabidur\u00eda de nuestra cultura, unidos para exigir equidad y desmantelar el racismo, con recursos para ganar nuestras batallas ambientales, de conservaci\u00f3n y de justicia clim\u00e1tica, y motivados para asegurar nuestras pol\u00edticas, Liberaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica, cultural y ambiental.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: 10\/31\/25 Edder D\u00edaz Mart\u00ednez,Communications Director602-832-6039edderdiazmartinez@greenlatinos.org SPRINGFIELD, IL \u2013\u2013 GreenLatinos Illinois applauds the Illinois General Assembly for passing two transformative pieces of legislation this week: the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act and the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act (SB25). These laws represent significant strides in climate action, economic opportunity, and equitable access to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1527,"featured_media":5563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[74],"federal_programs":[],"state_region":[118],"class_list":["post-5562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-press-releases","state_region-il"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1527"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5564,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562\/revisions\/5564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5562"},{"taxonomy":"federal_programs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/federal_programs?post=5562"},{"taxonomy":"state_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state_region?post=5562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}