1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MBbnhIjbpR"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/white-house-cancels-clean-coal-project/">White House Cancels Clean Coal Project</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/white-house-cancels-clean-coal-project/embed/#?secret=MBbnhIjbpR" width="600" height="338" title="“White House Cancels Clean Coal Project” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="MBbnhIjbpR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> A project with which President Obama hoped to cement his environmental legacy during his remaining years in office has failed. The Obama administration touted FutureGen, and its successor, FutureGen 2.0, as the salvation of the coal-fired power plant industry, allowing coal to be burned without emitting greenhouse gases. The FutureGen projects were to retrofit a coal-fired power plant for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology. The two projects have spent millions of tax dollars and been beset by multiple delays and cost overruns. As a result, in early February the Department of Energy (DOE) announced it will stop development of FutureGen 2.0.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_coal.jpg