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U.S. Drops The Ball on CCS, Others Pick It Up Print E-mail
Written by Samantha Hulkower   
Tuesday, 01 July 2008

Remember when the US led the world in innovation? The cotton gin, putting people on the moon, the internets, etc. We used to invent stuff and then sell it to other countries, and it made our country wealthy and the dollar strong. But not so much anymore.

For whatever reason (and we're sure you can come up with a few), the US has lost dropped the ball on alternative energy solutions in the face of climate change. Earlier in the year the administration withdrew its financial support of a 'clean coal' and carbon capture and sequestration plant, and hasn't done much to address the issue since, in spite of the fact that the nation's leading climate scientist James Hansen has called for a moritorium on new coal power plants unless they come equipted with CCS.

Sensing a lucrative opportunity to bring the market something it needs, the Japanese government is working with its private sector to successfully implement its CCS goal. Not to be outdone, the British government has a competition to inspire its own private sector to come up with a successful CCS method, and has promised hundreds of millions of pounds to help implement the winning idea.

Now would probably be a good time to write your Senator and ask them to make sure the Renewable Energy Tax Credit Extension gets passed when they return from their recess next week, so that domestic RE businesses have some incentive to keep working.

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written by Mitch, July 01, 2008
Earlier in the year the administration withdrew its financial support of a 'clean coal' and carbon capture and sequestration plant

There is no such thing as clean coal. Its a Coal Industry euphemism. Lets not waste our money on it.

in spite of the fact that the nation's leading climate scientist James Hansen has called for a moritorium on new coal power plants unless they come equipted with CCS.

Hopefully this means no new coal plants which would be good news.

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written by Samantha, July 01, 2008
I concur with you Mitch, that's why I put "clean coal" in quotations.

Hansen has been calling for a moratorium on new coal plants for a couple of years now without any sort of acknowledgment from the Administration. Although there have been a number of grassroots movements around the nation, from Kansas to California to Virginia, where people and governments have been quashing proposed coal plants. Hopefully they can keep it up!

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