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Now is the Time to Support American Coal The Blaze
Steve Miller
April 30, 2012
America needs an “All of the Above” energy strategy. And as a key component of that strategy, now is the time to support coal. U.K. Pledges $97 Million for Carbon Capture in Emerging Markets Bloomberg
Sally Bakewell
April 25, 2012
The U.K. allocated as much as 60 million pounds ($97 million) to encourage the development of carbon capture and storage technology in emerging markets.

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Advanced Coal Means Real Green Jobs
Peabody Plan: Energy Access for All
GreenGen: Global Model for Near-Zero Emissions

Advanced Coal Means Real Green Jobs

If America wants real green jobs, advanced supercritical coal technology is the solution.

Case in point: The Prairie State Energy Campus in America’s Heartland is the largest new coal-fueled generating plant to be built in America in 25 years.

Peabody Plan: Energy Access for All

The greatest crisis society confronts is not a future environmental crisis predicted by manmade computer models but a human crisis that is fully within our power to solve.

GreenGen: Global Model for Near-Zero Emissions

In China’s port city of Tianjin southeast of Beijing, engineers and technicians at the GreenGen power plant and carbon research center are rapidly moving through final testing and commissioning of the project’s first 250 megawatt electricity generating unit.

Clean Energy Solutions From Coal

China’s Economic Miracle is Powered by Coal

The following opinion editorial is written by Peabody Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Boyce.

China’s 12th five-year plan for coal demonstrates the essential role that 21st Century coal plays in the energy, economic and environmental future of the world’s second-largest economy.

IEA: Coal Has Essential Role in Global Energy Mix

Coal plays an essential role in our global energy mix, particularly by fueling power generation that can help alleviate energy poverty. The use of coal continues to grow rapidly and will continue, together with other fuels, to support economic and social development around the world.

The Costs of CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage

The companies, scientists, academics and environmental NGOs that together make up the Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) have undertaken a ground-breaking study into the costs of CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage (CCS). The conclusion: following the European Union’s CCS demonstration programme, CCS will be cost-competitive with other sources of low-carbon power.

Coal Experts

Mr. Frank Stewart
A champion for affordable and secure coal-fueled energy for minority a...
Mr. Steve Miller
Major association of U.S. coal, rail, utility, and electric coops
Ms. Janet Gellici
Advocate for coal
Dr. Roger Bezdek
Co-Author of "Peaking of the World's Oil Production" and energy securi...
Mr. Mike Mudd
Leader of the signature U.S. near-zero emissions coal project with car...
Mr. Milton Catelin
Expert on energy poverty, world coal markets, and clean coal solutions...
Mr. Kenneth Nemeth
Advocate for greater actions to enhance U.S. energy security
Dr. Frank Clemente
Co-Author, National Coal Council's, "The Urgency of Sustainable Coal"

Energy Security
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Carbon Capture & Storage Technology is the solution for addressing climate concerns.
New Baseload Generation Clean coal-fueled power plants drive low-cost, reliable electricity for energy security.
Coal-to-Liquids & Coal-to-Gas Proven technology turns coal into synthetic natural gas, diesel and other ultra-clean fuels.
Plug-in Electric Hybrids Plug-In electric hybrid vehicles can help reduce our addiction to oil.

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Cambridge Energy Research Associates
A U.S. standard requiring 20 percent renewable energy by 2020 could boost rates 15 percent over other alternatives.