If you think this is bad, read up on the Prairie State coal plant! Peabody Energy trapped about 200 cities across 8 states into long-term deals to buy overpric

If you think this is bad, read up on the Prairie State coal plant! Peabody Energy trapped about 200 cities across 8 states into long-term deals to buy overpriced, dirty electricity. The cities took out bonds that last into the 2030s and 2040s to finance construction of the plant. Just one example article: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04062021/illinois-clean-energy-coal-plant-prairie-state/ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04062021/illinois-clean-e...