The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) was awarded more than $430 million through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program — the third largest of the 25 recipients and $4.3 billion awarded overall. Illinois now has significant…
Proposed legislation calling for transit reform, which includes elements from the Plan of Action for Regional Transportation (PART), was filed this week. The Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act includes reforms to transit governance, organizational structure, funding, and more. In 2023, the…
We’re celebrating the release of a Priority Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) that will help the region reduce greenhouse gas emissions and better position communities to compete for federal investments. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program provides funding to develop and implement ambitious climate action plans that reduce emissions. Under the planning phase of this program, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and the…
Northeastern Illinois’ economy is changing. An inclusive growth analysis by TIP Strategies encouraged the region to become a national leader in the clean energy economy. Our industrial base has evolved to meet global demand for services and to leverage our…
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and its partners — ComEd and the Respiratory Health Association — received a $500,000 award through the federal Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) initiative. The U.S. Department of Energy’s C2C program supports community-driven…
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is working with the 7 counties, 284 communities and 77 Chicago neighborhoods in northeastern Illinois to improve air quality by reducing carbon emissions. CMAP’s newly updated inventory shows that between 2010 and 2019,…
Human-generated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are the primary driver of climate change. ON TO 2050, the region’s long-range plan, sets a goal to reduce emissions by 80 percent by 2050. To do that, we need to understand GHG emissions in northeastern Illinois,…
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) kicked off today a collaborative planning initiative to make electric vehicles and charging stations more accessible and equitable to use in northeastern Illinois. CMAP hosted more than 30 individuals from government agencies, community…
Extreme weather has rocked the country’s coasts in recent weeks. Hurricane Laura made landfall in Louisiana as one of the state’s strongest storms ever recorded. Wildfires in California have scorched 3.7 million acres and shattered previous records — despite a…