Congratulations, Barack Obama!
Congratulations, Barack Obama! -
It's been a long road to the White House, but now the real work begins - the task of rebuilding America’s economy.
As you made clear during your impressive campaign, you are committed to clean coal technology.
With the election finally behind us, we look forward to helping you keep that commitment.
America's coal-based electricity providers stand ready to work with you to pioneer a new generation of advanced clean coal technologies that will capture and store carbon emissions.
As a reminder, here are some of the things you've said about coal during the campaign: (read more)
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What they're saying about our energy future
Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), the Suffolk News-Herald (2/6): “While many may disagree on cap and trade legislation, we do have common ground on energy. The Administration has stated its support for expanding the use of nuclear power, clean coal and...
Clean coal technology will create a wide range of jobs
What they're saying about Obama's clean coal initiatives
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" I am a big proponent of clean-coal technology and I want us to move rapidly in developing those sequestration technologies that's required. We're not going to immediately move off coal. A huge percentage of our electricity is generated by coal. What we need to do though is to put clean-coal technology on the fast track and that means money. It means investment in research."
Barack Obama
" What we need to do though is to put clean coal technology on the fast track and that means money. It means investment in research. That's something that we should have already been doing."
Barack Obama