The Future of Coal
January 29th, 2010
NPR took a look this week at the dilemma many developed countries face over coal. It was a timely look because on February 1st many of the world's more developed countries will publish targets …
Almost a Billion in Federal Dollars for Clean Coal
December 5th, 2009
Dow Jones Newswires is reporting that US Department of Energy has awarded $979 million in federal stimulus funds to support carbon-capture and -storage projects at three coal- fired power plants i…
19 Carbon Sequestration Programs See Government Funding
August 30th, 2009
VentureBeat reported recently on the U.S. Department of Energy's announced intention to provide $27.6 million in funding for 19 different projects testing "the efficiency of underground carb…
Can Technology Clean Up Coal?
July 22nd, 2009
About half of U.S. power comes from coal, according to CNN. And the process of burning coal for electricity accounts for about 80 percent of the country's CO2 emissions from electricity. And whil…
Coal and the New EPA
February 28th, 2009
TreeHugger had a piece I thought was interesting earlier this month on how the Obama Administration's EPA is likely to deal with coal.Following the EPA's stance on coal-fired power plants duri…
Ironies Around Coal
February 27th, 2007
This news articlereports about members of the rainforest Action Network advocacy group, dressed as billionaires, protesting in front of the Merrill Lynch office at the Citigroup Center, NY, for what a…
Additional Info on Coal to Liquid Fuel Proposal
January 17th, 2007
I would like to thank Valdez for pointing out that the co-sponsor of the Coal to Liquid-Fuel Bill is Senator barack obama of Illinois. And yes, the technology is not absolutely "clean" in th…
The Economics of Coal to Liquid Fuel
January 14th, 2007
Because I started writing about coal to liquid fuel for cars and possibly jet airplanes, I really began to ponder about the economics of doing such. Would a concept as daring as that work?
According …
Coal to Liquid Fuel Proposals in US Congress
January 14th, 2007
That is just it! This morning, I was reading this article about legislation that aims to make coal usable as liquid fuel for cars in the US. You know about coal, of course. But not a lot of people kno…
E.on Gets $125M Tax Credit
December 30th, 2006
Talk about huge savings! Tax credits to the tune of $125M was awarded by the US Bureau of Internal Revenue to E.On US for its low-emissions generating station planned for Trimble County, Ky. The stati…