Hard work ahead for FutureGen project

WASHINGTON – Illinoisans should know by early next year if Mattoon will indeed be the home to a plant that could cleanly convert the state's abundant supply of coal into electrical energy.

Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced Friday that an agreement with the FutureGen Alliance to build the first commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration project in the country will go forward, having previously been pronounced dead by the Bush administration.

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