You’ve probably seen the giant wind turbines spinning like airplane propellers as you drive around Illinois along I-55 or I-57. Maybe you have even seen a building or two decked out with shiny black solar panels.
Well, it turns out that there are actually hundreds of wind, solar, geothermal and energy-storage companies in the state.
Well, it turns out that there are actually hundreds of wind, solar, geothermal and energy-storage companies in the state.
Combined, the clean-energy companies employ more than 10,000 Illinoisans, a new report by the Chicago-based Environmental Law & Policy Center found. Overall, there are more than 450 clean-energy companies across all facets of the supply chain, according to the report.
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We talked with Howard Learner, the president and executive director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center.
We were also joined by Emily Achler in our Chicago studios. She’s director of marketing for the Clean Energy Trust, which helps fund some of the Midwest’s most cutting-edge startups..
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In 1982, a Chinese-American man named Vincent Chin was celebrating his bachelor party in the Detroit suburbs when he got into a fight with two white men named Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz.
This was at a time when some Americans were angry about American car manufacturers losing jobs to Japan. Michael Nitz had been laid off from a local Chrysler plant, and a witness said they heard Ronald Ebens start the fight by saying something like, “It’s because of people like you that we’re out of work!”
This was at a time when some Americans were angry about American car manufacturers losing jobs to Japan. Michael Nitz had been laid off from a local Chrysler plant, and a witness said they heard Ronald Ebens start the fight by saying something like, “It’s because of people like you that we’re out of work!”
The real words they used were ones we can’t say on the radio.
Later that night, Ebens and Nitz tracked Vincent Chin down at a local McDonald’s, where they beat him with a baseball bat. Vincent Chin died four days later.
Later that night, Ebens and Nitz tracked Vincent Chin down at a local McDonald’s, where they beat him with a baseball bat. Vincent Chin died four days later.
Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing
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Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz never saw any jail time. They were eventually given three years probation and were fined $3,000. In the years since, the murder of Vincent Chin has become a rallying point for Asian-American activists across the country, especially as hate crimes have come up again in the news over the last decade and a half.
We were joined by Annie Tan, a special-ed teacher in New York, an activist and also a relative of Vincent Chin.
We were joined by Annie Tan, a special-ed teacher in New York, an activist and also a relative of Vincent Chin.
We were also joined by Anna Guevarra, an associate professor and director of global Asian studies at the University of Illinois Chicago, and Douglas Ishii, a visiting assistant professor of Asian-American humanities at Northwestern University.
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