By WENDY HOLDREN
The Register-Herald
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Two U.S. Senators introduced legislation Tuesday to help protect coal jobs and develop new technologies to be used domestically and exported internationally.
The Fossil Energy Utilization, Enhancement, and Leadership Act would specifically address the following:
— Directs the Department of Energy to establish an updated coal technology program to develop new transformational technologies for coal power generation, which will protect coal jobs, ensure the continued use of our domestic resources, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The coal technology program will include the following components: a research and development program, large-scale pilot program, demonstration projects program, net-negative carbon dioxide emissions projects, and a front-end engineering and design program.
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