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A future for FutureGen?
Senate slips life support for 'clean coal' boondoggle into war supplemental package |
Kate Sheppard |
16 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Remember FutureGen, the pilot program that was supposed to yield the nation's first zero-emissions, 'clean coal' power plant? The one that even the Bush administration realized was a bad idea, after the price tag on the project ballooned to $1.8 billion? Well, some senators just don't want to see it die ($ub req'd). Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved language to force the Department of Energy to continue funding FutureGen until March ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, Department of Energy, energy, Illinois, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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PastGen
Department of Energy backs away from funding FutureGen project |
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29 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:04 PM on 29 Jan 2008 Well let us just pick our grinning jaws up off the floor: The U.S. Department of Energy has told lawmakers that it plans to pull funding for FutureGen, its ambitious and crazily expensive "clean coal" demonstration plant. The feds had planned to cover some three-quarters of the $1.8 billion price tag, and cited ballooning costs as its reason for backing out. The announcement pissed ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, Department of Energy, energy, Illinois, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Stan, Stan, He's Not Our Man
Nominee for federal fossil-energy secretary has strong ties to Big Coal |
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17 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 5:18 PM on 17 Dec 2007 From 2001 to 2003, Stanley Suboleski was chief operating officer of mining company Massey Energy, which faces $2.4 billion in fines for more than 4,000 alleged Clean Water Act violations at its coal operations in West Virginia and Kentucky within the past six years. It's only logical, then, that President Bush would nominate Suboleski, who is still an independent ... |
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| Topics: coal, Department of Energy, energy, jackassery, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Oh, Sproat It All
Yucca Mountain may be doubled in size, need more funding |
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05 Oct 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 12:04 PM on 05 Oct 2007 In a move sure to endear Nevada's Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository to fiercely opposed Nevadans, the Department of Energy has proposed doubling its size. Nevada Rep. Shelley Berkley (D) concisely sums up the reaction of the sane: "Doubling the size of Yucca Mountain will only double the danger. This is not a bad dream; it's a nightmare." In addition, the DOE's Edward F. S ... |
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| Topics: Department of Energy, energy, insanity, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, waste (all these topics) |
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Into the Breach
DOE hasn't opened Yucca nuclear-waste dump, must pay millions for breach of contract |
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01 Oct 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 2:52 PM on 01 Oct 2007 As if the saga of Nevada's Yucca Mountain wasn't ridiculous enough, a court has ruled that the Department of Energy's failure to open the nuclear-waste repository on time will have a price tag of $116.5 million, payable to Xcel Energy for breach of contract. And just to remind you of the ridiculousness, in the words of Minnesota State Senator Ellen Anderson: &quo ... |
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| Topics: Department of Energy, energy, litigation, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, waste (all these topics) |
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Yucca Rebuke
A setback for Yucca Mountain nuke dump as judge denies water to project |
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06 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 9:11 AM on 06 Sep 2007 A federal judge poured cold water on the U.S. government's plans to build a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada this week -- or, more accurately, he left the feds high and dry. The Department of Energy has been seeking 8 million gallons of state-controlled water to drill test holes at Yucca Mountain; the state of Nevada, which wants to be rid of the dump, has said no ... |
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| Topics: Department of Energy, energy, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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That's, What, Two Days in Iraq?
U.S. Department of Energy to grant up to $385 million for cellulosic ethanol |
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01 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| That's, What, Two Days in Iraq? U.S. Department of Energy to grant up to $385 million for cellulosic ethanol The U.S. plans to sink up to $385 million into cellulosic ethanol, doling out grants for six bio-refineries across the nation. The funds, spread over four years, will cover up to 40 percent of a $1.2 billion push expected to result in annual production of more than 120 million gallo ... |
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| Topics: cellulosic ethanol, Department of Energy, energy, news, politics (all these topics) |
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A Penny Saved Is a Penny Spurned
Bush admin looks to cut funding for energy efficiency |
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01 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Penny Saved Is a Penny Spurned Bush admin looks to cut funding for energy efficiency To fund long-term research into speculative future energy sources, the Bush administration wants to cut guaranteed present-day energy savings: The proposed 2007 Energy Department budget would eliminate $152 million (roughly 16 percent) from its energy-efficiency programs. A program to improve the efficiency of heav ... |
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| Topics: climate, Department of Energy, energy, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Less Money, Mo' Problems
Bush's 2007 budget slashes funding for energy conservation |
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09 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Less Money, Mo' Problems Bush's 2007 budget slashes funding for energy conservation When President Bush said "America is addicted to oil," we thought he meant that was a bad thing. Apparently not: Bush's proposed 2007 budget increases funding for oil and gas drilling on public lands and slashes $100 million from some of the Energy Department's most effective conservation programs. That incl ... |
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| Topics: climate, Department of Energy, energy, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Porcine of the Times
Bush administration launches cartoon conservation campaign |
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04 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Porcine of the Times Bush administration launches cartoon conservation campaign With gas prices already skyrocketing and home heating costs expected to follow, the Bush administration yesterday unveiled a long-term clean-energy and conservation program. Oh, wait, did we say "long-term clean-energy and conservation program"? What we meant was "cartoon character." Yes, yesterday the Departmen ... |
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| Topics: Department of Energy, energy, news, politics (all these topics) |
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