Reply #50: But Chu and his Department of Energy are going for 'clean coal' [View All]

[muriel_volestrangler]

May 15, 2009

Secretary Chu Announces $2.4 billion in Funding for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects
Funds to Advance Research, Development and Deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies and Infrastructure

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced at the National Coal Council that $2.4 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be used to expand and accelerate the commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The funding is part of the Obama Administration’s ongoing effort to develop technologies to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas and contributor to global climate change, into the atmosphere while creating new jobs.

"To prevent the worst effects of climate change, we must accelerate our efforts to capture and store carbon in a safe and cost-effective way. This funding will both create jobs now and help position the United States to lead the world in CCS technologies, which will be in increasing demand in the years ahead," said Secretary Steven Chu.

http://www.energy.gov/news2009/7405.htm

So why was the article 'nonsense'?