“This is one of the difficulties with having such nation-leading legislation,” said Francisco Lopez Zavala, an Illinois Environmental Council climate policy program associate.
“There was no other state in the U.S. to really model off in the efforts Illinois is leading in, with providing these trainings focused on the clean energy trade at such a scale, with the barrier reduction services that are offered,” he said.
Among the issues, some state agencies didn’t initially have enough staff, Lopez Zavala said, and even now, in some places “it’s still a struggle that we’re continuing to work (on).”
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