A powerful labor union in deep-blue Illinois is campaigning against the pause on an initiative to replace gas pipes in Chicago and putting pressure on Democrats across the state, according to E&E News. The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) opted to suspend a multi-billion dollar effort to upgrade thousands of miles of gas lines in Chicago, prompting the politically connected International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 to push back against what it perceives to be a job-killing decision made in pursuit of a broader climate agenda, according to E&E News. The union’s 510(c)(4) organizati…