Naperville, St. Charles, Winnetka and dozens of other communities urged to double down on coal – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

More than 30 Illinois cities, towns and villages are under contract until 2035 to purchase a share of the Prairie State Generating Station's electricity and help pay off $5 billion in construction debt. But instead of preparing to quickly shift away from the fossil fuel, like scores of other utilities across the country are doing, the Illinois communities could end up relying on Prairie State and another coal plant in Kentucky for most of their electricity until at least 2050.
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Dorf
1 year ago

And the green dream clown show carries on in leftist bastions like the state that is Ill.

Leaving Soon, just not soon enough
1 year ago

Shameful, global warming is real and the price paid will be much higher than taking a loss on a bad investment.

cynthia
1 year ago

Global warming is baloney

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