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Article: CONSOL Energy Official Calls for Coordination of Technology Development and Emission Reduction Targets.
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- Life Science Weekly
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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A CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) research executive told a Senate hearing today it was essential that any climate legislation carefully coordinate the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies with the timing and size of carbon dioxide emission reductions. He spoke at a field hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held in Pittsburgh (see also Consol Energy Inc.).
"Coal is our most abundant energy resource and we need sustained, predictable investment in CCS coupled with the time to develop, demonstrate and commercialize it effectively," said Steven Winberg, vice president - Research and Development. "However, there ...