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Save the planet or create more jobs? Bloomington city hall was standing room only a few weeks ago for the only public hearing on Duke Energy's request for permission to build a coal-fired power plant in Knox County. Duke wants to construct a 630-megawatt electric generating facility in Edwardsport, Indiana. The facility would use so-called "gasification" technology to convert coal into a synthetic gas which is then burned to generate electricity. Duke Energy is also seeking permission to recover capital and operating costs from its customers through rate increases. Those in favor of the proposal tout economic development and more jobs, while opponents blast the environmental UNsustainability of coal-based power generation. Find out Indiana's dirty little secret about so-called "clean coal technology" in this week's feature interview with Kerwin Olsen of the Citizens Action Coalition, who says another coal-fired power plant in southwestern Indiana is a bad idea for people AND the planet. EcoReport is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live. Each program features timely eco-related headline news, a feature interview or event recording, and a calendar of events of interest to the environmentally conscious.