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Renewable energy standards: Seeing beyond percentages
Are Midwest states meeting their renewable energy mandates? The numbers don't always tell the whole story.
Photo by Josh Koonce via Creative CommonsBy Ken Paulman .
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Coal hearing’s delay is latest setback for Chicago activists
Despite a high-profile event Monday, a proposed ordinance to force two aging Chicago coal plants continues to be mired in the city's famously Byzantine politics.By Kari Lydersen .
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Another blow to Midwest CO2 pipeline
Indiana lawmakers deal a proposed Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline - as well as a massive goal gasification plant - a potentially fatal setback.By Ken Paulman .
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Midwest playing catch-up in preparing for electric cars
In a bid to catch up with their coastal counterparts, Midwestern cities are racing to acquire electric vehicles and build charging stations - steps backers say will save on gasoline, cut emissions, and show drivers that there is life after the internal combustion engine.By Tom Vandyck .
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High-speed rail: It's all in the details
High-speed rail is a big, ambitious idea. And big, ambitious ideas require a lot of detailed work at ground level.By Ken Paulman .
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'Clean' coal's last stand?
Tenaska warned Illinois lawmakers that failure to approve the Taylorville Energy Center would mean the end of the project. Will the company make good on that threat?By Ken Paulman .
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With no sources of CO2, Midwest pipeline project in limbo
A proposed pipeline to carry carbon dioxide from Midwestern coal gasification plants to Gulf Coast oil fields – announced with much fanfare in 2009 – is stuck in a holding pattern with no confirmed suppliers.
Photo via Department of EnergyBy Kari Lydersen .
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Illinois vs. Wisconsin: Who's 'open for business'?
Wind promoters in Illinois are hoping to turn the tables on Gov. Scott Walker's call for businesses to "Escape to Wisconsin."By Ken Paulman .
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High-speed rail: A tale of two governors
A report from the PBS program Need to Know looks at the fight over expanding passenger rail, with a focus on Wisconsin and Illinois.By Ken Paulman .
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Doomsday never came
A doomsday cult's Illinois settlement has evolved into a fairly run-of-the-mill small town that is a model for energy self-sufficiency.By Ken Paulman .
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