Proposed coal plant still faces hurdles (ND)

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http://www.minotdailynews.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=15426

WASHBURN – American Lignite Energy has several hurdles to jump before the promise of jobs and new wealth materializes in McLean County.

Opposed by environmentalists and dependent on the mood in Congress, a proposed coal-to-liquid plant isn’t a sure thing yet.

The first thing the developers need is congressional acceptance of a 70 percent carbon capture rate. Many coal-fired plants don’t capture carbon dioxide emissions, or if they do, it’s at a rate of 50 percent or lower. Carbon dioxide emissions have been linked to global warming.

Technology exists to remove 70 percent of carbon dioxide. The industry expects to eventually improve on that percentage, but that’s the best that can be done at this time, said Al Christianson, business developer with Great River Energy, one of the partners in American Lignite Energy.

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1. There should be NO MORE coal fired power plants built ANYWHERE...

..period.

This ought to be absolutely BLOCKED at every level. ALE should be told "NO!" in no incertain terms.