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- Coal may get a nasty black eye from Federal Government
- It seems the Bush Administration is re-considering its support of an experiemental showcase coal-burning plant to generate electricity. Recently it was announced that FutureGen would be built in Mattoon, Illinois. An Administration spokesperson didn't complain because the plant was NOT sited in Texas, instead it's claimed to be...
- Blog posts 2008-01-30
- Coal's in our future. So what IS wrong with Kansas?
- FutureGen's diagram of it's near-zero emission coal plant. You may think I really don't like coal. Bunch of petrified plants, after all. But the questions about coal are, after all, largely technological. It's unlike the debate over peak oil, and what supply...
- Blog posts 2007-11-11
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- Mattoon may be back on the map
- Actually the town in eastern Illinois was never really off the map. But it did take a big hit at the end of 2007, that's when the President from Texas killed the federal support for FutureGen, the next generation coal-burning power plant to be built in Mattoon. Some...
- Blog posts 2009-03-11
- Global warming accelerating
- Global warming acceleratingMust be the all the hot air in DCIt is funny that the "news" conveniently forgets to say that the hole in the ozone layer has shrunk during the last few years and it continues to shrink.It also conveniently forgets to talk about the orbital distance between the...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-15
- "Follow the Money"
- When he uttered those three words in "All the President's Men," the Deep Throat character was aptly describing the workings of American government, past and present. Today we follow the money with a quick look at the latest budget proposals from the lame duck White Housers. More for...
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- Kansas Kisses up to King Koal
- Coal may be winning the political battle that began last fall when the Kansas E.P.A. turned down a permit request to build two more coal-fired electricity generating plants there. Now the Kansas legislature appears to be ready to pass legislation that pleases coal and pays lip-service to the environment....
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- '08 big year for coal tech
- First, this year work begins on construction of the FutureGen coal-burning plant in Mattoon, Illinois. Funded largely by federal grants and run by a coalition of mining and electricity companies, FutureGen is to be almost emission free. Coal creating electricity without dumping CO2 into thr atmosphere. Sounds like...
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- Illinois beats Texas in the Coal Bowl
- The winner is: Mattoon, Illinois. That's where the FutureGen coal-burning, state-of-the-engineering electrcity generating plant will be built. The tech going into this plant will as near carbon neutral as current science and engineering can make it. I'm surprised Texas didn't win, but it was a...
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Big Coal making big announcement...fate of states awaits
- Digram courtesy FutureGen Tuesday is a big day in the world of coal. That's the day FutureGen will announce its site selection for a next-generation coal-burning plant to generate electricity, with almost zero emissions. In keeping with the current Washington modus, the project...
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
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