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FutureGen alliance welcomes funding vote

By Meg Thilmony
Wednesday July 9, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The actions of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee have the FutureGen Alliance lauding what it calls the second sign in a week that their clean coal-burning plant is on track.

The Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee approved funding legislation for the 2009 fiscal year Tuesday. The FutureGen Alliance said in a press release that the measure would protect $134 million slated to help pay for the FutureGen plant proposed for Mattoon.

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