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IEA: Long-term Gas Supply Security a Threat as Demand Rises Oil & Gas Journal
By Doris Leblond
Oct. 7, 2008
Paris - Over the last 18 months, natural gas prices have continued to rise steadily in both established and new markets "not only a reflection of higher demand, but also of a delayed supply response," said Nabuo Tanaka, executive director of Paris-based International Energy Agency, in his introduction of the 2008 Natural Gas Market Review. Obama Panel Boosts Bid to Put Greenhouse Gas Emissions Underground The Christian Science Monitor
Aug. 12, 2010
An Obama task force Thursday said that carbon capture – in which greenhouse gas emissions would be stored underground – is feasible. New Ways to Scrub Out the Carbon New York Times
Aug. 6, 2010
Three technologies lead the pack for capturing the carbon dioxide in coal while also harnessing the energy.

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Power-Hungry India Seeks Coal Reserves US gives tax credit to Illinois clean coal project Coal and Wind Reversed for Now

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‘Changing the Game’ by Recycling CO2
Playing to Win: Why Clean Coal is America’s Pow...
Clean Coal Has Scale to Alleviate Energy Poverty

‘Changing the Game’ by Recycling CO2

An innovative solution to capture and store carbon dioxide that’s being advanced by a Silicon Valley start-up is based on what some might call a simple chemical reaction.

Playing to Win: Why Clean Coal is America’s Power Hitter

It’s a typical game night at Busch Stadium: The crowd cheers and chants, the St. Louis Cardinals round the bases. Then in the bottom of the sixth… the lights dim and the action stops. Without clean coal, it’s game over.

Clean Coal Has Scale to Alleviate Energy Poverty

Citizens with good access to electricity are far more likely to live longer, eat better and enjoy a higher education. Yet more than 2 billion people around the world lack adequate access to electricity.

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Want to Reindustrialize the United States? Broad Deployment of CCS Is the Ultimate Economic Stimulus

Broad deployment of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technologies in the next 40 years will increase U.S. Gross Domestic Product by $2.7 trillion, create 28 million job-years over four decades from new construction, and support 800,000 permanent jobs related to operation and maintenance of these facilities, delivering the ultimate economic stimulus for a low-carbon economy.

Energy in the 'Aughts' Dominated by Coal

Coal is the hands-down winner as the world's fastest growing fuel of the "Aughts." That's the conclusion of the 2010 BP Statistical Review of World Energy. The industry’s comprehensive analysis of international energy trends reports a stunning fact: demand for a single mature commodity – coal – expanded by nearly 46 percent in the past decade, outpacing every alternative.

U.S. Department of Energy: We Have Hundreds of Years of Carbon Storage Capacity

America is blessed with enough carbon storage capacity to last at least 500 years, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The conclusion comes amid broad scientific backing for using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology as global energy leaders increasingly call for accelerating deployment of the technology.

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Dr. Frank Clemente
Co-Author, National Coal Council’s, "The Urgency of Sustainable Coal...
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Advocate for greater actions to enhance U.S. energy security
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Mr. Mike Mudd
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Dr. Roger Bezdek
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Mr. Steve Miller
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Finding energy from Middle America, rather than importing it from the Middle East, is seen as America’s top means to enhance national security... ahead of improving U.S. intelligence operations.