{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-north-dakota-is-leading-the-way-in-clean-coal-technologies-will-work-with-trump-administration-to-make-america-energy-dominant", "Hoeven: North Dakota is Leading the Way in Clean Coal Technologies, Will Work With Trump Administration to Make America Energy Dominant", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "John Hoeven", "H001061", "www.hoeven.senate.gov", "hoeven", "https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "Hoeven: North Dakota is Leading the Way in Clean Coal Technologies, Will Work With Trump Administration to Make America Energy Dominant\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, this week outlined North Dakota\u2019s leadership in developing and deploying clean coal technologies for the nation. The Senator spoke on the Senate floor following President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s remarks on the importance of clean coal, one of the nation\u2019s most reliable, affordable and abundant energy resources, and its role in making the United States energy dominant.\n\nHoeven outlined his work over the past 15 years to advance North Dakota\u2019s leadership in cracking the code on carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies to enable the next generation of clean, coal-fired electric power, including:\n\nPutting in place the legal, tax and regulatory requirements to advance CCUS.\n\nMaking North Dakota the first state to be granted regulatory primacy for Class VI wells, to ensure CO2 is safely and securely stored below the surface.\n\nSecuring a demonstration grant from the Department of Energy to advance Project Tundra, enabling the coal-fired Milton R. Young power plant to capture and store 4 million metric tons of CO2 per year.\n\nAdvancing Basin\u2019s Dakota Gasification synfuels plant, the largest coal-based carbon capture project in the world, which is currently in operation and captures up to 2.25 million metric tons of CO2 per year.\n\n\u201cI look forward to working with President Trump to take off the handcuffs and empower producers to develop the latest, greatest technology to produce more energy with better environmental stewardship. This is about unleashing our nation\u2019s vast coal reserves \u2013 one of our country\u2019s most important strategic assets. By leveraging technology and unlocking clean coal\u2019s full potential, we\u2019ll be able to increase the supply of affordable, reliable electricity and bring down prices for American families and businesses,\u201d said Hoeven. \u201cNorth Dakota is leading the way in clean coal technologies and this will be an important part of our efforts working with the Trump administration to make America not only energy secure, but energy dominant.\u201d\n\n-###-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-north-dakota-is-leading-the-way-in-clean-coal-technologies-will-work-with-trump-administration-to-make-america-energy-dominant"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7762107998132706, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}