Edwards raises Chicago cash

[JohnLocke]

Edwards raises Chicago cash
By John McCormick--Chicago Tribune
Thursday, June 14, 2007
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Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards stopped in Chicago on Wednesday evening for two relatively small fundraisers, a day before Sen. Barack Obama was scheduled to raise money in Edwards' home state.

Amid the home-turf invasions by the Democratic presidential candidates, Edwards sought to talk up his environmental credentials.

"We're the worst polluter on the planet," he said. "America cannot go to China, India, the developing world … until we're an example for good."

Edwards called for greater restrictions on coal-fired power plants and dramatic reductions in greenhouse gases.

"Until we have the technology to capture carbon being emitted, there should not be another coal-fired power plant built in the United States of America," he said.

The event at BB's bar and restaurant on East Hubbard Street was one of Edwards' "Small Change for Big Change" fundraisers. It attracted about 200 people who paid as little as $15.
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[illinoisprogressive]

1. I saw he was in chicago. It's Obamatown but, there is room for edwards as well for some