With its high CO2 emissions and central place in the US energy infrastructure, fixing coal is arguably at the center of a successful resolution to the climate challenge, according to the World Resources Institute (WRI). At present, it states that coal is responsible not only for significant CO2 emissions, but also for environmental damages.

However, the WRI admits that it offers a plentiful and low-cost fuel providing more than 50% of US power generation, and we do not, have the financial capital or technological alternatives within reasonable costs to call for an immediate phase-out. More...

TransGas Development Systems (TGDS) plans to build a $3 billion coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant near Gilbert, WV producing 6.5 million barrels per year of gasoline. TGDS is obtaining a state air quality permit so it can begin construction of the plant by 2010.