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• Beaming Through Grime

  We have to give our friends in the coal industry credit – it has had a pretty good showing in the climate change bill, even if the goal of the bill builds on the hope that carbon capture and sequestration proves itself, and it survived the widespread attention given to the clean coal carolers , a well-intended Flash animation that was bound to bring down criticism. However, here’s the thing: coal miners... Posted Nov 06 2009, 01:20 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Coal, outreach, Climate Change, public relations, indiisustry, clean coal, co2

• From the Land of Clean Coal

  We’re not quite as dubious about clean coal, or carbon capture and sequestration, as are many nuclear advocates, because while we acknowledge the significant technical challenges, we can’t escape believing that the coal industry is powerfully motivated to find a solution that will not drive it into a, shall we say, pit. But we are not clear of dubiousness: because we also believe that time is a cruel... Posted Mar 11 2009, 04:33 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Coal

• Peaches But No Cream? Nuclear Plant Funding in Georgia

  We were pleasantly surprised that Georgia has done what Missouri is edging toward doing: Wednesday the Senate took great strides in saving taxpayers and Georgia Power customers significant money by passing the Georgia Nuclear Energy Financing Act, Senate Bill 31. The bill allows recovering of financing costs during the construction of two nuclear power generators [at Vogtle] rather than have the financing... Posted Feb 13 2009, 12:49 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Georgia Power, Coal, Clean and Safe Energy

• Is "Clean" Coal Real? Physical Insights has the Skinny

  If you're ready to think deeply and able to absorb a lot of info on a Monday morning, check out Luke Weston on "clean" coal at Physical Insights . Luke's first post debunks the Australian coal industry's latest "clean" coal ad and his second post looks critically at how a demonstration coal plant sequesters CO2 . Enjoy! Read More... Posted Nov 17 2008, 09:05 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Coal

• Black Is the New Green

  We don't read USA Today as much as we might - too colorful, ink doesn't adhere to our hands - but a story on coal and Peabody Energy was full of interesting content and can be found on the web here . This popped out at us: "There's a perception out there that coal is dirty, and we have to change that," he [Chairman and CEO Gregory Boyce] adds, noting that coal plants already have... Posted Aug 26 2008, 02:59 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Coal