SENATE AUTHORIZERS PUSH DOD TO WEIGH COAL GASIFICATION, FUELS

Defense authorizers in the Senate are pushing the Defense Department (DOD) to consider relying on coal gasification as an alternative power source for the military, echoing similar calls by a slew of lawmakers and DOD itself to find ways to reduce the United States' reliance on foreign energy supplies. Coal gasification technologies "have the potential to produce power from coal with significantly reduced effect on the environment, while reducing the United States' reliance on foreign sources of energy," the authorizers...