When Gov. JB Pritzker and his Democratic supermajority passed the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) bill in 2021, they deceptively promised that Illinois could shut down coal and natural gas plants by a certain deadline and still run its modern economy on nuclear, wind and solar power. Those who opposed CEJA were labeled alarmists.

The Tribune Editorial Board noted a year ago that “just three years later, it appears the alarmists were right, and Pritzker and the green lobby were wrong.”