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Hundreds Rally Against New Chicago Coal Plant

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 09.15.2012 | Green
Read More: Clean Energy, Environmental Justice, Sierra Club, Chicago, Coal, Dirty Coal, Leucadia, Chicago Southeast, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

These residents are against this planned facility because of the pollution it would bring -- not to mention what a poor plan it is to build another dirty coal facility after the city just announced the closure of Chicago's two ancient Fisk and Crawford coal plants.

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Have Cattle Producers Been Romney-ed?

Mike Callicrate | Posted 03.26.2012 | Business
Read More: Mitt Romney, Antitrust, John Miller, Ian Cumming, National Beef, Leucadia, Uspb, Business News
Mike Callicrate

Sale of National Beef looks a lot like a Bain Capital maneuver. Did National Beef 's cattlemen owners just get "Romney-ed"? John Miller, National...

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Governor Quinn OKs State's First Coal-To-Gas Plant

Posted 09.12.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Coal Energy, Coal Plants, Leucadia, Alternative Energy, Chicago Clean Energy, Coal Gasification, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Governor Quinn, Natural Gas, Clean Energy, Fisk Plant, Sierra Club, Leucadia National Corp, Chicago News

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Wednesday signed legislation OKing a proposed plant that would convert coal to natural gas, the state's first of its kind,...

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Quinn Vetoes Coal Plant Bailouts

Jack Darin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Pat Quinn, Coal, Natural Gas, Power Holdings, Leucadia, Chicago News
Jack Darin

Quinn has long been a champion for clean energy and for consumers, and the special interest legislation for Leucadia and Power Holdings were bad for both.

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Big Coal Feeding Frenzy In Springfield

Jack Darin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Coal Plants, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois EPA, Tenaska, Leucadia, Chicago News
Jack Darin

As the clock winds down on the lame duck Illinois General Assembly, two out-of-state coal companies are asking to put ratepayers and businesses on the hook for a bailout of their risky projects.

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