Kari Lydersen
Energy News Network
As the coal economy that has sustained the region for generations begins to fade, clean energy has been relatively slow to catch on. But community leaders see increasing reasons to believe a clean energy future is on the horizon. This story is the second in a two-part series co-published by the Energy News Network and The Southern Illinoisan.In a sunlit, airy sanctuary in the town of Marion in far Southern Illinois, Pastor Wade Halva tells the tale of Paul in jail: staying in the cell even when he could have escaped, in hopes he could convert the jailer. Halva lauds Paul’s steadfastness, the value of taking chances and having faith.“Paul takes a risk in staying in the jail cell,” Halva told his congregants. “Like when people refuse to give up on their neighborhood and go somewhere safer or nicer or with…
In Southern Illinois, there’s growing faith clean energy transition will pick up | State & Regional
