Heitkamp to push for clean coal legislation

WILLISTON — Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., will re-introduce legislation on Thursday designed to encourage the development of clean coal technologies that could keep the fuel a key source of American power generation.

The bill, which is likely to be popular in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate but face opposition from the White House, would offer financial incentives for utilities to develop carbon storage programs and build out the market to sell carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery.