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Baard's Coal to Liquids Facility Does Not Deserve A $2.3bln Loan Guarantee

January 29, 2009

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
baard, capandinvest, capandtrade, carbonrisk, coaltoliquids, economicstimulus, markettransformation

Baard Energy has announced that it is seeking $2.3bln in government guaranteed low interest rate loans from the Department of Energy to help construct a new $6bln coal to liquids fuel plant in Wellsville, Ohio. This proposal should be viewed...continued→

Baard Deserves a Lump of Coal in Their Stocking

December 16, 2008

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
baard, coalfiredpowerplants, coalplantconstructioncosts, coaltoliquids, markettransformation

Baard Energy's suggestion last week that the US Air Force should effectively ignore its own environmental regulations and commit to buy Baard's synthetic fuel as a way to help revive employment opportunities in Ohio should be dismissed outright. In fact,...continued→