Illinois plans to go carbon-free by 2050, yet some municipalities continue to depend on coal-fired power – CBS2 (Chicago)

More than 12 million tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide are spewed from one Southern Illinois coal-fired power plant, the Prairie State Generating Station 36 miles southeast of St. Louis, just last year. The emissions put the plant on a top 10 worst list in the country, per the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Ex Illini
1 year ago

Climate anxiety? What the hell is this idiot talking about? The climate has changed since the beginning of time lady. Did you come out of the womb with climate anxiety? As for me, I plan to burn fossil fuels in copious amounts for as long as I’m on this earth. I’m sure the rotund Dear Leader in Springfield will burn ten times as much as I ever do, but that’s besides the point. We are now free to move about the country as Southwest Airlines proclaims. I encourage everyone to thumb your nose at the climate anxiety gang and go… Read more »

Tommy Paine
1 year ago

“I actually started therapy recently because I’m having climate anxiety,” said Sula. 

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Climate Anxiety!

debtsor
1 year ago

Energy is life. Democrats know this. And by limiting the amounts and types of every you can use, deplorable, they know many people will die, and that’s a cost they’re willing to bear….Democrats aka communists are fundamentally anti-human. They hate people and humanity, and the fewer people, the better.

Hello Indiana!
1 year ago
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Basically, they want it all to themselves and are leveraging every aspect of our lives to that end.

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