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Hechler's Wake Up Call to Greens and Liberals: Big Coal Denial Calls for Hellraisers

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Ken Hechler, Dirty Coal, Cilv Disobedience, Clean Coal, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Renewable Energy, Social Movements, Mountaintop Removal, Ken Salazar, Lisa Jackson, Direct Action, Green Energy, Black Lung, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Tragic lessons in history remind us that the coal crisis and its deniers call for more hellraisers, not compromise.

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Hey Sen. Durbin: FutureGen Dogs Bark, Green Caravan Moves On

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dirty Coal, Steven Chu, Coal, Carol Browner, Green News, Dick Durbin, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Coal Mining, Black Lung, Clean Coal, Futuregen, Energy, Coal Industry, Dick Durbin FutureGen, Chicago News
Jeff Biggers

While Durbin's eyes are on the prize of "38 billion tons of coal" that sit under our feet in the Illinois coal basin, he is missing the renewable energy revolution that is sweeping the rest of the nation.

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Blago's Symbolic Parting Gift to Dirty Coal: Will Obama Follow?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, Carol Browner, Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, Big Coal, Department of Energy, Black Lung, Clean Coal, Green Jobs, Taylorville, Illinois Clean Coal, Taylorville Coal Plant, Green Stimulus, Chicago News
Jeff Biggers

Impeachment notwithstanding, Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a bill this week that will send another $18 million down the "clean coal" rabbit hole in Illinois. The delusional symbolism couldn't be more obvious.

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