UN Climate Fund Eyed To Boost CCS, Highlighting Coal Sector Challenges

Industry members of an Energy Department (DOE) coal advisory panel are seeking to finesse a tricky political challenge as they tout a controversial United Nations climate fund slated for discussion at the Paris climate talks as a potential way to boost carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, even though GOP lawmakers are staunchly opposed to contributing to the fund. The political balancing act is apparent in discussions of a new National Coal Council (NCC) white paper approved Nov. 12, in...