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Illinois Town Gives Up on Futurgen

By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: August 12, 2010
    The Permian Basin lost its bid for the Futuregen power plant site to Illinois more than two years ago. Now, it looks like the town that won the site doesn't want it anymore.
    After more than two years of political and financial ups and downs, the eastern Illinois town of Mattoon backed out of the flagship energy project on Wednesday. Officials in Mattoon wrote U.S. Senator Dick Durbin a letter saying that changes made to the $1.2 billion Futuregen project were a deal breaker.
    Durbin, a longtime backer of the project, said the energy department would quickly search for a new site.

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