INDUSTRY GROUP COUNTERS PUSH FOR COAL GASIFICATION IN ENERGY BILL

Competition for funding in pending energy legislation is spurring the clean-coal industry to rebut arguments that integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology represents a better environmental alternative than other technologies, in an effort to ensure continued funding for other alternatives, according to industry and Senate sources. Driving the competition is White House and other pressure to limit the cost of Congress' energy legislation, which may lead lawmakers to limit the amount of subsidies and incentives it grants to different energy...