"Clean" Coal project Canceled

The Federal Government's Clean Coal initiative has been canceled due to "surprising" increases in the cost of the program. Initial estimates were that the pilot program would cost about $1B. The Energy Department's current estimates are for the FutureGen project to cost $1.8B and many fear that the costs would have gone much higher.

Let your elected officials know that "Clean Coal" is an oxymoron and that the FutureGen money could be better spent to accelerate solar and other renewable energy sources which have a much higher ROI.


Higher Costs Cited as U.S. Shuts Down Coal Project