Kentucky governor praises Obama clean-coal directive

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear praised President Barack Obama’s formation Wednesday of a federal task force to speed development of clean-coal technology.

Beshear added that the state, one of the nation’s largest coal producers, would eagerly seek federal backing to demonstrate that technology.

“Obviously we are very interested in landing one of those projects and are going to be very aggressive in our attempts to do so,” Beshear told reporters.

He was among 11 governors from both parties who met with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and administration officials at the White House Wednesday to discuss energy policy.

“If we can develop the technology to capture the carbon pollution released by coal, it can create jobs and provide energy well into the future,” the president told the governors.

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