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Illinois Mine Safety Head Took Thousands in Campaign Contributions from Coal...
Tony Mayville is a candidate for State Representative in southern Illinois and Chairman of the Washington County Democratic Party. He has also supervised the Mine Safety Division and served as acting...
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Illinois Democratic Congressional Candidates Callis, Gollin, Green Talk...
The three Democrats running in Illinois’ 13th Congressional district primary recently answered my questions about climate change and energy issues. It’s one of the hottest Congressional races in the...
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How Much Fracking Will Remain Unregulated in Illinois?
Fracking has begun in Illinois. Governor Pat Quinn’s Department of Natural Resources issued a permit for a test well at a site where oil fracking is planned. The well isn’t subject to Illinois fracking...
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Illinois Newspaper Gives Up on Journalism, Bends Over for Oil & Gas Industry
The Southern Illinoisan has a long-running competition with the Belleville News-Democrat over which Illinois newspaper has the strongest bias in favor of the coal industry. So I was pleasantly...
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Congressman Shimkus gets backlash to deceptive fracking comments
Illinois’ most embarrassing Congressman, John Shimkus, faced an outraged backlash for pro-fracking statements he made on Facebook. He’s already well known as a climate change denier and conspiracy...
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It doesn’t pay to be a fossil fuel Democrat on election day
This was a difficult election for Democrats and it was even worse for Democrats still pushing fossil fuels. The Democratic co-chair of the Congressional Coal Caucus lost his seat along with a slew of...
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We Know Tar Sands, But Why Don’t We Know Biomass?
The US Congress perseverates. Its new leaders, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, have it bad. John McCain holds its longest recognized precondition. It is incurable and resists every treatment....
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Can Illinois Learn From New York’s Victory Against Fracking?
Illinois environmentalists are cheering the spectacular success of the movement to ban fracking in New York. The victory is justifiably spurring reflection on how it was done. What happened in New York...
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Illinois Poll Shows Strong Opposition to Fracking
Nearly half of Illinois voters oppose fracking, according to a new poll by the Simon Institute. The statewide poll reveals 48.6% oppose fracking while only 31.8% believe it should be encouraged, even...
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At the GOP Debate: The Evidence of Things Unseen
Has everybody has noticed that the media is treating last night’s three hour unscripted but predictable appearance as a major source of content and performance for determining which one of 15...
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