US Congress Launches Probe Into Multibillion-Dollar "Clean Coal" Tax Credit
A widely syndicated story in Reuters cites RFF research in an analysis of Congress' investigation into a multibillion-dollar subsidy for refined coal.
"Three U.S. Democratic senators called for the investigation after a Reuters Special Report series in December 2018 revealed that many power plants burning the fuel, which supporters call “clean coal”, pumped out more pollution than previously.
An independent nonprofit Resources for the Future later confirmed the Reuters report, concluding that power plants using refined coal were not cutting mercury, nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide pollution to levels required by the tax credit program."
