OIL-FIRED CLEAN POWER PLANT MAY UNDERMINE DOE'S 'FUTUREGEN' PLANS

A just-announced industry plan to construct a power plant in California capable of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions may bolster arguments that the Bush administration's highly touted FutureGen zero-emissions power plant project is unnecessary and diverts resources from other efforts, industry sources and environmentalists say. The new announcement by BP and Edison Mission Group -- which calls for the construction of a plant fired by petcoke, a waste material from the oil refining process -- could influence debates over the...