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Environment Mounting Costs Slow the Push for Clean Coal
WASHINGTON — For years, scientists have had a straightforward idea for taming global warming. They want to take the carbon dioxide that spews from coal-burning power plants and pump it back into the ground.
...But it has become clear in recent months that the nation’s effort to develop the technique is lagging badly.
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