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FutureGen Alliance Announces Site in IllinoisThe FutureGen Alliance has announced site selection of "first of its kind" coal-fired electric generation facility.
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Department of Energy Kills FutureGen; Insults IllinoisAfter five years of planning, the Department of Energy awarded FutureGen to Illinois last summer. Now, they have stripped funding and insulted Illinois.
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FutureGen - Did the Department of Energy Get it Right, by Accident?Was FutureGen, the experiment coal-fired power plant killed for political reasons; or, was it an accidental death, when the whole project was ill-conceived to begin with?
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FutureGen Find a Home in Motton, Illinois: Clean Coal PowerThe FutureGen Alliance announced on December 18th that the final site selected for the prototype coal power plant of the future is Motton, Illinois. This may be the start of truly clean coal power. -
FutureGen and 'Clean' CoalIn the miasma of power generation woes, "clean coal" technology is being trumpeted as at least a stop-gap measure for the nation. Just what can we expect from the coming technology?
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Barack Obama's Quest for a NASA AdministratorPresident Barack Obama has been having problems staffing his government and has had a number of embarrassments of nominees who have had to withdraw for various reasons, some having to do with nonpayment of taxes.
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Could Coal Be a Clean Source of Energy?Coal-fired power plants may never be clean, but technologies exist to make them cleaner. Carbon sequestration may be a long-term solution, and a carbon tax may provide the economic incentive to make the installation of cleaner technologies more feasible. -
Moon Exploration Could Be Key to Energy CrisisTwo elements uncommon to Earth are found in abundance on the Moon, and they could both be used as fully equal alternatives to fossil fuels and power the world for the next century. -
Why the Stimulus Bill Won't StimulateThe office of Senator Tom Coburn has provided a list of spending items in the Obama stimulus package, which recently passed both the House and Senate, that he judges to be either wasteful, not stimulative, or both. -
Illinois - Mining, Factories, and Labor Unions (From the United States Series)Inhabited from at least the Pre-Columbian Mississippi Culture, mining, factories, Labor Unions, and Chicago, the third largest city in the United States, have always played important roles in the history of the 21st State.
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Electricity Production and the Coal Industry: Recent TrendsCoal has proven to be essential for electricity production due to relatively low cost and widespread abundance. But there are a few problems for the coal industry, chief among them being environmental concerns.
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EPA to Develop Sequestration, Greenhouse Gas Emission RegulationsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to develop a regulatory system for geologic sequestration, a process that involves injecting carbon dioxide emissions into rock formations deep underground to keep them out of the atmosphere.
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2008 Presidential Candidates: Energy IssuesIdeas come from both sides of the aisle, some good and some bad. It this day of sound bites, the real impact of a politician's idea requires a little research or assumptions. I don't like to assume. -
Governor Blagojevich Helps Kick Off Annual Illinois State FairThe Illinois State Fair was officially opened by Governor Blagojevich in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. -
NASA Scientist James Hansen's Presentation: The Dark and Bright Sides to Global WarmingClimate change is a controversial issue. While the issue rages there are options to improve environmental responsibility that can be embraced by both sides of the debate.
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Clean Coal as an Energy Source: Myth or Future Reality?Is clean coal a myth?
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Nuclear, Coal, and Renewable EnergyNew technology is the future of energy production, and new energy sources the method of sustaining economic and industrial necessity for massive gains in energy production in the nation.
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