Central and Eastern Kentucky
Carbon Capture Tech Makes Progress, But Enough?
Today, the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a mark-up session on the Senate climate change bill. Its passage is still uncertain at the moment, but one provision aims to establish widespread, commercial-scale carbon dioxide capture and storage from coal-fired power plants. The technology isn't entirely out of the laboratory yet, but researchers and industry partners in the Ohio River Valley are working to get it there regardless of what happens on Capitol Hill.
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© Copyright 2009, Kentucky Public Radio
(2009-11-03)
LOUISVILLE, KY
(Kentucky Public Radio) -
Today, the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a mark-up session on the Senate climate change bill. Its passage is still uncertain at the moment, but one provision aims to establish widespread, commercial-scale carbon dioxide capture and storage from coal-fired power plants. The technology isn't entirely out of the laboratory yet, but researchers and industry partners in the Ohio River Valley are working to get it there regardless of what happens on Capitol Hill.
To hear more on this story, click here.
© Copyright 2009, Kentucky Public Radio


