Plans to Build a Cleaner Coal Plant Advance
Plans to create a new, more environmentally friendly coal plant are moving forward.
A consortium of coal industry players has announced that they'll build a pilot power plant in Illinois that will have zero emissions. The facility will sequester the plant's CO2 emissions deep into the ground rather than release them into the atmosphere.
Matthew Wald of the New York Times talks with Melissa Block.
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