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Cleaner Coal Rises from China’s Central Committee

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

This weekend the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee swapped added some new faces to the 9-man Politburo that actually runs what is or will soon be the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases. Among the four new members is a chemical engineer named He Guoqiang. As the New York Times reported, Mr. He is tasked with running the party’s corruption-fighting Central Commission […]

Original post by pfairley

Coal Synfuel’s Green Edge for China

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Synthetic fuels derived from coal are taking a beating these days, but when it comes to energy solutions one must be careful not to oversimplify, even in the case of coal. Case in point: what looks like an evil in the context of North America’s energy system may offer important advantages to the developing world.
In North America coal synfuels face […]

Original post by pfairley