FutureGen official touts Mattoon site to Senate panel

WASHINGTON, D.C. – FutureGen Alliance Chief Executive Officer Michael Mudd still believes building one nearly zero-emission clean coal-burning power plant is an answer for global warming.

Mudd testified to a Senate subcommittee Wednesday that he believes regardless of the climate change policy approved by Congress, using carbon capture and sequestration will be necessary. And the quickest way to start using such technology is to build FutureGen in Mattoon, he said.

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