This just in… FutureGen dumped? *** Cut in half? ***
Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 - Posted by Rich Miller * 5:00 pm - The bill is not absolutely and completely finalized yet, but it appears that the $2 billion FutureGen coal project has been dumped from the federal stimulus package. This project was US Sen. Dick Durbin’s top priority for the bill, and the experimental low-emission coal-fired electricity plant would’ve likely been located in southern Illinois. Oops. TPM has also posted a confidential report on the stimulus details as known right now. *** UPDATE *** This story in the Washington Independent claims the FutureGen money is gone. But another story in the Washington Post claims FutureGen appropriation was cut in half…
Also see: Stimulus update: Adios to big nuke, coal assistance [ *** End of Update ***] * Other stimulus stuff…
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