More than a dozen residents spoke at Tuesday’s Naperville City Council meeting to voice their concerns about the city’s reliance on coal-based energy and its partnership with the Illinois Municipal Energy Association.
Although Naperville is in the middle of a contract with the IMEA that runs through 2035, Tuesday’s speakers encouraged Mayor Steve Chirico and city council members to wield their power as leaders of the state’s fourth-largest city to spur a shift to clean and renewable energy as part of a long-term commitment to combat climate change.
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