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Obama Administration to Rely on Clean Coal and Unproven Sequestration to Combat Climate Change
2013-07-05 23:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DeSmogBlog: The key takeaway from President Obama`s major climate change announcement last week was his intent to batten down on coal. But if history is any indication, the man Mr. Obama selected to run the Department of Energy may have different plans. Ernest J. Moniz has a long history of supporting coal-powered electricity, staking his arguments in favor of coal on a technology that remains entirely unproven: carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). Mr. Moniz will be in a uniquely influential position...
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