Clean coal tech is ready, but there's a catch

Politico: Climate-friendly coal faces a conundrum. The federal government has funneled billions of dollars over the past two administrations into cutting carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants, but so far the "clean coal" dream is far from reality. Officials have been chasing a best-of-both-worlds scenario: using abundant, cheap but relatively dirty coal for generating power, and then eliminating the "dirty" part by capturing carbon dioxide and other toxic emissions. The captured CO2 can either...

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