FutureGen project, a near-zero emissions gasification power plant

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has completed the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the FutureGen project, a near-zero emissions gasification power plant that, when operational in 2012, would be the first plant in the world to produce both electricity and commercial-grade hydrogen gas from coal, while capturing and sequestering greenhouse gas emissions. 

Compare this strategy to China's, Russia's or Ukraine's use of coal

For more details, see the Energy Department's Fossil Energy Web site  and press release