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2005 News Stories

• Lawmakers try to boost Meigs' chances for 'clean' power plant
  (The Athens (OH) News, Dec. 12, 2005)
• Six ET counties seeking FutureGen
  Rusk looking at southern site, Gregg opts out
  (Kilgore (TX) News-Herald, Dec. 9, 2005)
• Innovative power plant eyed
  (Kansas City Star, Dec. 8, 2005)
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• FutureGen Proposals Submitted
  Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph, December 8, 2005
• FutureGen agreement reached
  Twin Falls (Id.) Times-News, December 8, 2005
• Wyoming to compete for $1-billion coal plant
  Billings (Mon.) Gazette, December 7, 2005
• Pact Signed for FutureGen Prototype of Coal Plant
  (New York Times, December 7, 2005) (Registration required)
• States seek $1 billion power plant
  Jackson Hole (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, December 7, 2005
• Texas to try for futuristic plant
  Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, December 7, 2005
• Williams discusses FutureGen’s potential
  Odessa (TX) American, December 7, 2005
• Anderson County (Tex.) Officials to Make FutureGen Bid
  Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph, December 6, 2005
• FutureGen agreement reached
  Billings (Mon.) Gazette, December 6, 2005
• Feds could build power plant in Powder River basin
  Gillette (Wyo.) News-Record, December 6, 2005
• Harrison County (Tex.) officials up offer to FutureGen
  Longview (TX) News-Journal, December 6, 2005
• Wednesday Deadline for FutureGen Proposals
  Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph, December 3, 2005
• Marshall oilman chairs FutureGen group
  Kilgore (TX) News-Herald, December 2, 2005
• Rusk County Joins in FutureGen Fight
  Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph, November 29, 2005
• EDITORIAL: FutureGen, Again
  Lufkin (TX) Daily news, November 30, 2005
• Palestine Planning for FutureGen's ET Home
  Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph, November 28, 2005
• Energy plant gets tax abatement
  Odessa (TX) American, November 23, 2005
• Basin has shot at FutureGen, railroad commissioner says
  Midland (TX) Reporter-Telegram, November 22, 2005
• Counties asked to submit energy plant proposals
  Longview (TX) News-Journal, November 12, 2005
• Regional Mobility Authority OKs resolution supporting non-polluting power plant for area
  Longview (TX) News-Journal, November 10, 2005
• FutureGen Project Could Free More East Texas Oil
  Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph, November 5, 2005
• High Turnout Excites FutureGen Officials
  Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph, November 3, 2005
• City council approves FutureGen resolution, intergovernmental pact
  Benton (IL) Evening News, November 2, 2005
• Basin meets 2 of 3 FutureGen criteria
  Odessa (TX) American, November 2, 2005
• Officials To Attend Overview of FutureGen Project
  Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph, November 1, 2005
• Illinois in 'good position' to get FutureGen project
  St. Louis Business Journal, October 28, 2005
• Bidding for FutureGen
  Central Kansas a candidate for zero-emissions power plant
  Wichita Business Journal, Sept. 23, 2005
• US House Approves Funding For FutureGen
  Chester (IL) SunTimes, May 26, 2005
• Lavin: State can generate its own energy savings
  Chicago Sun Times, May 25, 2005
• Dirty Secret: Coal Plants Could Be Much Cleaner
  Lakeland (FL) Ledger, May 22, 2005
• Support grows to build near-zero emissions power plant
  Odessa (TX) American, May 12, 2005
• Uses for coal fit energy plans
  Centralia (IL) Morning Sentinel, May 5, 2005
• House Passes Energy Bill With Costello Clean Coal Provisions
  Chester (IL) SunTimes, April 27, 2005
• Energy official likes state’s chances of landing $1 billion project
  Odessa (TX) American, April 25, 2005
• Hughes' energy bill backed by both sides
  Longview (TX) News-Journal, April 10, 2005
• Costello Meets With Energy Secretary Bodman Regarding FutureGen
  Chester (IL) SunTimes, April 8, 2005

2004 News Stories

• County commissioners pass resolution in support of FutureGen plant
  Marshall (TX) News Messenger - September 27, 2004
• FutureGen Facility May Come to East Texas
  Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph - July 28, 2004
• FutureGen not in near future for Indiana
  Munster (IN) Times - March 10, 2004
• State officials to make FutureGen pitch
  The Southern Illinoisan, Illinois - March 6, 2004
• Energy council pursues new plant - Kansas among states interested in $1 billion FutureGen project
  Lawrence Journal World, Kansas - March 5, 2004
• FACTBOX - Major points of Kerry, Bush energy plans
  Forbes - Mar 5, 2004
• Reining in CO2 emissions - DOE selects eight innovative projects to capture and store carbon dioxide from power plants
  DOE Techline - Mar 5, 2004
• House members eye more funding for fuel cells, question efficiency cuts
  Fuel Cell Today, United Kingdom - Mar 1, 2004
• Gov. meets with members of the Illinois Congressional delegation
  Chester Sun Times, Illinois - Feb 26, 2004
• DOE Secretary Abraham discusses coal technology, R&D with WV miners
  U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Feb 19, 2004
• President Bush's clean coal power initiative seeks new round of technology improvement from industry
  U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Feb 19, 2004
• Fletcher budgets $7 million for coal
  Louisville Courier Journal, Kentucky - Feb 13, 2004
• An environmental deficit
  New York Times - Feb 10, 2004
• Bush committed to progress
  USA Today - Feb 8, 2004
• Cleaning up energy production
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Breakthroughs, Special Report on Energy - Winter 2004


• Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are playing a lead role on a combined Department of Energy and industry effort to build a 275-megawatt coal-fired plant that will gasify coal to produce electricity and hydrogen.