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Ed Whitfield: It is my understanding, we talked about carbon capture and sequestration, there is no commercially viable carbon capture…

On the recordJuly 15, 2012
It is my understanding, we talked about carbon capture and sequestration, there is no commercially viable carbon capture and sequestration that you could use to meet this standard, if you are a coal plant.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield highlights the lack of viable technology for carbon capture in coal plants under new regulations.

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