Welcome to The 21st at the Capitol, where we take our weekday show from radio to television to talk about what Illinois lawmakers are doing and how it might affect you. This week, host Brian Mackey is interviewing proponents of different renewable energy plans. Join us at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 30.

A group gathered on the University of Illinois Urbana campus Friday to call for action to combat climate change. “Climate Strike Two” was a follow-up to the Climate Strike event held on the U of I campus September 20. That event was part of a student-led global protest calling for greater efforts to address climate change, and drew more than 1,000 people from the campus and community, according to a News-Gazette estimate.

State lawmakers in Springfield introduced legislation Thursday aimed at creating more renewable energy jobs and cutting carbon pollution entirely from the state’s power sector by 2030.