It's good for Illinois coal, the Illinois Sierra Club also endorsed Blagojevich for his strong stand against dirty power over mercury, because Illinois coal is lower in mercury when burned, though much dirtier.  So without any other treaties, more exports for Ill!  Thanks from the ill state, sorry to choke the rest of the world, better luck next time

You must not watch much TV, everybody always uses the word clean in front of coal now.

Funny for centuries it was dirty and no big deal, it was coal. You called it what it was! Now corporate media introduce new terms and words into the language on a regular basis.

Outsourcing, legacy cost, clean coal. Dickens would not have been able to write in this era. Its hard to picture a street urchin without the coal black on his face. A chimney sweep has to wear white now and coal stoves don't bellow black smoke.

The eons of time and nature was good to us down here. It was not until we become civilized that destroying our habitat become fathomable or fashionable.

This is a great example for foreign policy of the climate related variety.

So why do China and India want to follow?  I think iot is similar to the way regulation works inside national boundaries.  When regulation imposes the same basic environmental restrictions on all business operators, the honest businesses thrive.  With no regulation or industry self regulation the worst polluters have a competitive advantage.

The truth is that the best businesses value the ecosystem around them.  And so do the best nations.  It becomes a competition to lead in clean green energy use and manufacturing.  Let the games begin, with real regulation and real fair free trade.  And worker safety health and pay issues as important as profit.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin