The Earth Times reported that American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity recently issued this response to a recent letter sent to president Mr Obama from Mr Bill Ritter Colorado Governor, Mr Jon Huntsman Utah Governor and Mr Dave Freudenthal Wyoming Governor:

ACCCE said in a letter sent this week to President Mr Obama, the governors of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming called for the rapid development of clean coal technologies can be utilized domestically and adopted by industrializing nations such as China and India. The governors asked Mr Obama Administration to thoroughly consider significant funding for federal state private efforts to construct new and retrofit demonstration clean coal facilities that use western coals and are capable of operating at altitude.

ACCCE applauds Governor Mr Ritter, Governor Mr Huntsman and Governor Mr Freudenthal for their support of the investment in clean coal technology, their recognition of coal as a cost effective energy source and their support in helping develop a national solution to energy issues.

ACCCE advocates the vital role that clean coal plays and will continue to play in this nation's energy portfolio. Over the last 30 years, America's coal based electricity providers have invested more than USD 50 billion in technologies to successfully reduce emissions.

ACCCE said that "If the US is to reduce its dependence on foreign energy imports, while at the same time address realistic concerns associated with climate change, then Congress must fund this important technology research, development and deployment to avoid placing the funding burden on America's families through increases in electricity bills."

(Sourced from www.earthtimes.com)