A cure for gas pain
Chicago Tribune, August 14 2012
Costly Leucadia project deserved Quinn's veto
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn made a sound decision last week to veto a project that would have put the customers of two major gas utilities on the hook for 30 years of overpriced synthetic energy.
Quinn vetoes coal-to-gas plant on Southeast Side
Chicago Tribune, August 10 2012
Illinois - Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday vetoed a bill that would have allowed Leucadia National Corp. to move forward with a coal gasification plant slated for Chicago's Southeast Side.
US Coal to Gasoline Plant Will be the Largest in the World
Al Fin, Oilprice.com, 01 November 2010
TransGas Development Systems, LLC announced an agreement with SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd (SKE&C) leading to engineering, procurement and construction of its first US coal-to-gasoline plant—Adams Fork Energy—to be located in Mingo County, West Virginia. _GCC
Clean Energy Investments Power B.C.'s Future
NEWS RELEASE, Office of the Premier, Feb. 15, 2010
VANCOUVER - Premier Gordon Campbell officially kicked off Clean Energy Day at Robson Square during the 2010 Winter Games by announcing three new major clean energy and technology investments in the province of British Columbia.
City to ask ministry to consider appeal of gasification-plant approval
By Jeremy Deutsch, Kamloops This Week, January 13, 2010
In the coming days, the local Ministry of Environment (MOE) office can expect a terse communiqué from the city’s politicians.
The letter, sent by city council, will be reaffirming its stand against a proposed gasification plant in Kamloops.<!--break-->
Though it won’t be leading an appeal, council will be asking the MOE to consider one, while seeking an answer as to why the project wasn’t subject to a federal environmental assessment.
Gasification plant's emissions permit strictest in Kamloops
By Jeremy Deutsch, Kamloops This Week, January 09, 2010
An air-discharge permit granted to a company interested in setting up a gasification plant that will burn creosote rail ties in the city has by far the strictest emissions standards of any permit within Kamloops, according to Ministry of Environment officials.
Despite some public and unanimous city council opposition, the ministry has given its blessing for the Aboriginal Cogeneration Corporation (ACC) to build two single-megawatt gasification generators on Mission Flats Road.
