Wednesday, October 22, 2008

"Clean coal" tech is still on the drawing board - experts

22/10/2008 - Not enough progress is being made towards developing "clean coal" technology, the International Energy Agency has warned.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) - burying the pollution from coal-fired power stations underground - is held to be central to the future of Australia's massive coal industry.

But the IEA says the world is moving too slowly towards CCS.

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