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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 |
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| 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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