1/31/2008

Just Kidding!

"To build a future of energy security, we must trust in the creative genius of American researchers and entrepreneurs and empower them to pioneer a new generation of clean energy technology... Let us fund new technologies that can generate coal power while capturing carbon emissions."

President Bush in his State of the Union speech on January 28

"Several lawmakers from Illinois said Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman made it clear in a meeting in Washington on Tuesday that he was poised to pull the plug on a showcase clean coal energy project slated for Downstate Illinois."

The Chicago Tribune, reporting how the Bush Administration dropped support for a clean-energy facility just one day later

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