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3 big natural gas plants would wipe out climate gains from recent shutdowns of coal-fired plants in
3 big natural gas plants would wipe out climate gains from recent shutdowns of coal-fired plants in IllinoisCHICAGO — Shunning climate-changing fossil fuels is turning out to be more difficult than promised in Illinois.
Two weeks after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law billed as the nation’s most aggressive mandate for clean energy, the Chicago Democrat’s administration tentatively approved a major new source of heat-trapping pollution.
A draft state permit for a new natural gas power plant, planned for a small town south of Springfield, would allow the proposed Lincoln Land Energy Center to emit more carbon dioxide than 800,000 automobiles every year.
Combined with CO2 emitted by two other gas plants approved during Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s single term in office, the downstate generator would wipe out climate benefits from closing four of the state’s coal-fired power plants last year.
Read more: https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/3-big-natural-gas-plants-would-wipe-out-climate-gains-from-recent-shutdowns-of-coal/article_847457db-c8c0-5c43-8752-4528b19e0484.html
(Carbondale Southern Illinoisan)