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Clean Coal Gets New Backing

The Department of Energy’s flagship “clean coal” power plant has a new lease on life, thanks to a billion dollars from last year’s stimulus package. The plan to build the plant, which will be the first large plant to capture and bury its carbon dioxide emissions in the ground, was scrapped by the Bush Administration in early 2008.

Rekindling the FutureGen project is a signal that the Obama Administration and Energy Secretary Steve Chu won’t just be supporting wind and solar power, but some new fossil fuel technologies, too.

Read more: http://globalbestpractice.blogspot.com/2009/06/clean-coal-gets-new-backing.html

Tags: Clean coal, geologically complex, FutureGen Alliance, DOE, US Department of Energy, CO2, Wired, Obama Administration, Energy Secretary Steve Chu, Bush Administration, Global Best Practices,

Filed under // Bush Administration Clean coal CO2 DOE Energy Secretary Steve Chu FutureGen Alliance geologically complex Global Best Practices Obama Administration US Department of Energy Wired

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Friday Is Final Curtain For Analog TV Signals

Officials say most are ready, but still expect some viewers to be confused

The last major TV stations that are still broadcasting in analog will turn those signals off Friday and go all digital. And this time, they really mean it. The original Feb. 17 deadline for the shutdown was delayed by the Obama administration after funding ran out for $40 coupons the government offered to help people buy converter boxes for old TVs.

Read more: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/friday-is-final-curtain-for-analog-tv.html

Tags: MSNBC, Analog TV signals, Digital TV signals, FCC, FCC Chairman Michael Copps, Obama administration,

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US Begins Collection of Biometric Information on Non-Citizens

The Obama administration is launching a pilot program to collect biometric information from non-U.S. citizens when they leave the country.

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http://globalblognetwork.blogspot.com/2009/06/us-begins-collection-of-biometric_02.html

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Obama, Obama administration, biometrics, biometric information, non-US citizens, tourists, tourism, Global Best Practice, database, government database, IT, software, surveillance, ACLU,

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