California's Dream

ncpa.org     May 21, 2008            

It's all part of a new public-private initiative set forth by the Bush administration to reinvigorate its clean coal push -- especially in the wake of the demise of FutureGen, which was to be the world's first zero-emissions power plant that could bury carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The West... [read full story]                

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Clean-coal technology is important to future

rgj.com     May 20, 2008          

After more than 35 years in the mining industry, my experience has led me to believe that the battle to control greenhouse-gas emissions is winnable -- not now, but in time. The battle goes badly now for much the same reason that any battle goes badly. In part it is inappropriate strategy --...                

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Obama's Coal Stance, in Kentucky and Beyond

washingtonpost.com     May 21, 2008          

By Alec MacGillis If Barack Obama fails to improve on his margin in West Virginia in adjacent Kentucky tonight, where Hillary Clinton has already been declared the decisive victor, it will be interesting to see whether his campaign draws the conclusion that, among other factors, its pro-coal...                

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Stuck in the coal age, when the solar century has already begun

es.wordpress.com     May 21, 2008          

ABC Online kindly published this piece of mine today here. With those words, he betrayed the fact that his government prioritises the coal sector’s profits over climate protection. The Budget’s funding timing and arrangements, alongside draft legislation for carbon capture and storage, are...                

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Coal: ‘Energy of the future’

register-herald.com     May 22, 2008          

DOE provides $1.8 million for Virginia’s CO2 sequestration project By BILL ARCHER BLUEFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH (BLUEFIELD, W.V.) BLUEFIELD, Va. — The U.S. Department of Energy has taken another significant step in its on-going efforts to develop a process to store carbon dioxide in unmineable coal...                

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