In 2009 alone, the government and the private sector plan to dedicate nearly a billion dollars to clean coal research and development. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
As a prime example of the sort of influence the coal industry has had on the bill, Solve Climate highlights the $ 500 million in «administrative expenses» allotted to a new clean coal research center: David Sassoon points out that Rep. Rick Boucher (D - VA) managed to get the full text of a bill he proposed last year (which other than a few hearings went nowhere) that would establish the Carbon Storage Research Center inserted into ACES. (treehugger.com)
«China is kicking its coal addiction,» said Chen Yafei, vice-director at the China Coal Research Institute. (scientificamerican.com)