Without designation, Illinois could have lost an estimated $80 million per year in funding for clean air and congestion mitigation efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2012. At the urging of U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL), Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the City of Chicago and surrounding areas should remain eligible for federal funding through the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality…
