There's quite a bit of anger here in Coles County becuase the Dept. of Energy has backed away from the city of Mattoon being the only site for the first proposed coal/carbon sequestration plant in the nation.
The city of Mattoon competed with another IL city, Tuscola, and two towns in Texas and had apparently won the extremely competitive bid for the project. People in the county did a lot of hard work to win the bid.
Needless to say, some folks around here are angry as hell. The city of Mattoon won the bid outright, and now the DOE has restructured their plans all of a sudden. Both Senator Durbin (D) and Representative Tim Johnson (R) are incensed, and there is a feeling (rumors) among people that the Prez didn't get what he wanted, a town in Texas winning the bid proposal. Tim Johnson, our Congressional district's Rep, who is a moderate Republican, isn't especially happy with the Bush administration again.
"DOE Backs Away from FutureGen" Link: http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/doc479feb93c947c644505409.txt
"FutureGen Allies Take Note of Bush's Reference" link: http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/doc479febb6429c2984189066.txt
"FutureGen Gets the Ax" link: http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/doc47a0ecb02374c255664091.txt
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