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Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future (Part 2)
The coal industry hopes the federal government will help them find a way to catch and store the carbon coming from smokestacks.
The coal industry got hit with expensive pollution restrictions almost two decades ago. Now, the government's considering putting a price on carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming. Coal companies think they have a technological solution in a test project called FutureGen. In the second part of our series on the future of coal, Shawn Allee looks at why they have such high hopes for it:
Info from the Department of Energy
Producer: Shawn Allee
Release Date: March 30, 2009
Running Time: 3:20