The clean energy transition is well underway, as Prairie Rivers Network’s Amanda Pankau saw firsthand last week in Washington D.C.
Amanda, director of energy and community resiliency, attended the Empowering America’s Energy Communities Stakeholder Retreat, hosted by the Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization (Energy Communities IWG).
Over the last three years, the Energy Communities IWG has made significant strides in partnering with and investing in energy communities to spur economic revitalization, remediate environmental degradation, and support workers.
This work is critical in the fight against climate change and a just and equitable transition to clean energy. At Prairie Rivers, we are working to proactively engage Illinois leaders with this work to capitalize on the opportunity to bring additional energy and environmental investments to Illinois.
Amanda was one of only two Illinois community stakeholders at the event. We want to ensure the information and lessons learned make it back to our Illinois energy communities and organizations.