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• Energy Information Administration. http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/coal_basics.html

• "The Future of Coal." Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://web.mit.edu/coal/

• "Gasification Technology R&D." U.S. Department of Energy. http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/gasification
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• "Carbon Capture and Storage from Fossil Fuel Use." Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. http://sequestration.mit.edu/pdf/enclyclopedia_of_energy_article.pdf­

• Snell, Marilyn Berlin. "Can Coal Be Clean?" Sierra Magazine. http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200701/coal.asp