Questing for Clean Coal

MATTOON, Ill.—We had come from afar to look for the treasure of Mattoon. For years, it's been rumored that the government would help build a clean coal plant here. It was to be called FutureGen but has taken so long to get here that it's jokingly called NeverGen. It was the great hope that this prototypical small Midwestern town (population 17,177 in 2008) has always been searching for but could never find...

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