Rep. John Shimkus

WASHINGTON — In the first day of what will be House Republicans last chance to fight a controversial climate change bill before it hits the floor, Rep. John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, came out swinging.

The Waxman-Markey energy bill, which would…

A mountaintop removal site in West Virginia. Photo courtesy of Vivian Stockman/Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition

WASHINGTON — The politics of coal may have changed drastically today after the Environmental Protection Agency released two letters criticizing potential mountaintop removal mine sites.

One of the two proposals is…

Demonstrators gather outside the Capitol Power Plant Monday, protesting coal as an electrical source.

WASHINGTON — The ongoing discussion of a carbon cap, Thursday’s announcement from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calling for the Capitol Power Plant to switch…

The YouTube audience is currently eating up comments by Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid that burning fossil fuels creates health hazards.

Reid’s comments however were phrased more bluntly than that: “Coal makes us sick,” he said.

That pill isn’t settling well with…

A lot of folks in central Illinois were not happy when the Department of Energy pulled the plug on funding for a massive, cutting edge, carbon capture and sequestration coal plant that had been planned for Mattoon, Ill.

The plant meant…

Here’s a rough cut of Sen. John McCain’s speech from Springfield. The Town Hall lasted about two hours, so this is a quick take of McCain’s energy proposals that he has been pushing around the nation.

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