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PI Original
by Adam Doster
5:36pm
Fri Oct 10, 2008

Kirk's Latest False Proposition: Drill Here Or Buy From Venezuela

IL-10

The big news coming out of the Tribune's editorial board debate
last week between 10th District congressional challenger Dan Seals and Rep. Mark
Kirk was the GOP incumbent's statement regarding vice presidential
candidate Sarah Palin -- a pick he lauded in early September, ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:06am
Wed Oct 8, 2008
9 comments

Energy Co-op Targets Fed-Up Consumers

Energy

Just days after a $162 million Ameren rate hike
went into effect, a handful of downstate energy suppliers have
announced they're forming an energy cooperative in the hopes of providing
an alternative power source to ticked off Illinois consumers.

The St. Louis Post-...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
10:06am
Wed Oct 1, 2008

Ameren Rate Hike Goes Into Effect Today

Energy

It's looking like cash-strapped Illinois residents could be in for a long, cold winter this year. And when the sweltering summer heat returns, they may be left to sweat it out alone. The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) last week gave a nod to the fourth utility rate ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:28am
Tue Sep 23, 2008
2 comments

Roskam Continues To Peddle Offshore Drilling Lie

Peter Roskam

While touting his and Rep. John Shimkus' Energy VISION Act amid the first wave of the Republicans' "Drill Baby Drill" hysteria in July, GOP Rep. Peter Roskam grossly misrepresented how much oil was available on the Outer Continental Shelf, as we documented at the ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
9:36am
Fri Sep 19, 2008
5 comments

More On Shimkus' Coal Rant

IL-19

We noted earlier this week how GOP Rep. John Shimkus was the most aggressive of the Illinois opponents of the comprehensive energy bill passed by the U.S. House Tuesday night -- going so far as to vote twice to adjourn the chamber before a vote could be held.

Well, it ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:57am
Thu Sep 18, 2008

Wind Power Continues To Spread Across Illinois

Environment

The Daily Herald reports on yet another wind farm slated for development in rural Illinois, this one in Pittsfield:

A $66 million, 20-turbine wind farm is planned for Pike County in western Illinois.

Jacksonville-based cooperative Prairie Power says the ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
1:15pm
Wed Sep 17, 2008
9 comments

Six Illinois Republicans Vote Against Compromise Energy Bill

John Shimkus

Yesterday, the U.S. House passed the Democrat-sponsored Comprehensive Energy Security Act by a 236-189 margin.  The bill would release 70 billion barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, allow offshore drilling over 50 miles from the U.S. coast, roll back tax ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
3:38pm
Fri Sep 12, 2008
2 comments

The "Drill Baby Drill" Brigade

Peter Roskam

Besides Sarah Palin, the phrase "Drill Baby Drill" has done more to
unify the Republican Party than presidential nominee John McCain could
ever have managed himself. Why has offshore oil drilling assumed such
an important role in our energy debate? It's because ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:13am
Fri Sep 12, 2008
1 comment

Illinois And The Green Economy

Environment

With unemployment rising and and wages stagnating, the American
economy is in need of a serious jolt. To stimulate growth,
environmental and labor activists have convincingly called for
a major investment in a "green economy," which would not only expand ...