Obama wins again and the nation loses

Owners of the plants have been squeezed by regulations forcing expensive pollution control upgrades at the same time cheaper sources of fuel have rendered the plants unprofitable. In the next two years, legal decisions affecting roughly two-thirds of the state's coal-fired power plants are expected to determine whether those plants have any future.

Illinois coal plants: Ameren, Midwest Generation, Dynegy coal plants struggle to stay afloat

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Workers at the state's coal-fired power plants are all worried about the same thing: whether they will lose their jobs.Collectively, the 13 plants employ about 2,000 people and contribute more than...