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**EXHIBIT 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TOSECTION 302 OFTHE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

I, Mark S. Sexton, certify that:

1.             I have reviewed this annual reporton Form 10-K of Evergreen Energy Inc.:

2.             Based on my knowledge, this reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

3.             Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presentedin this report;

4.             The company’s other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:

(a)           Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to thecompany, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by otherswithin those entities, particularly during the period in which this report isbeing prepared;

(b)           Designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reportingto be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles;

(c)           Evaluated the effectiveness of thecompany’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report ourconclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;and

(d)           Disclosed in this report any changein the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred duringthe company’s most recent fiscal quarter (the company’s fourth quarter in thecase of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likelyto materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting;and

5.             The company’s other certifyingofficer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the auditcommittee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions):

(a)           All significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)           Any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in thecompany’s internal control over financial reporting.
| /s/ MARK S. SEXTON        |   |
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| Mark S. Sexton                 |   |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |   |
| Date: March 1, 2007       |   |

 

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