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A minor factual error. Negotiations with industry did not begin a few months ago. They began well over a year ago. Also, NRDC, Faith-in-Place and other groups were working on smaller compromise regulatory bills over two years ago. That meant legislators knew they never had to take the moratorium idea seriously. They waited for the big compromise bill they knew was coming. There was never a serious fight for a moratorium.
NRDC isn't going to win any points with the environmental community in Illinois with this face-saving version of what happened. Too many people know it isn't true.