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Thursday, July 19, 2012  Morgan County wins the FutureGen "lottery."

Monday, November 28, 2011  The coalition says it is negotiating a plan to buy for the project a portion of a power plant Ameren intends to soon close near the west-central Illinois village of Meredosia.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  Ameren has just announced the closure of the Meredosia Energy Center by the end of 2011.

Tuesday, May 03, 2011  FutureGen Alliance holds open house in its new offices in Jacksonville, Illinois.

Monday, February 28, 2011  The wait is nearly over for the four Illinois counties hoping to be the FutureGen clean coal project's carbon dioxide storage site. The FutureGen Alliance will announce its selection Monday. The alliance is a group of coal companies and other firms working with the U.S. Department of Energy on FutureGen.

Monday, December 20, 2010  The companies working with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop the FutureGen clean-coal project say they've cut the list of six potential carbon dioxide storage sites to four.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 

Tuesday, November 16, 2010  The City of Quincy has submitted a request to host the carbon dioxide storage site for the FutureGen 2.0 project.

Sunday, November 14, 2010 

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  Morgan County has put its hat into the ring for the facility to store the carbon dioxide.

Thursday, August 12, 2010  Dubin says other communities are interested in FutureGen project

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  The leader of the local economic development group that helped make Mattoon part of FutureGen says the town needs time to decide whether it still wants to be part of the project.

Friday, August 06, 2010  The project is designed to produce clean energy from coal by capturing and storing more than one million tons of carbon dioxide, which is about 90% of the Meredosia Ameren plants C02 emissions.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008  Nine members of Illinois' congressional delegation are urging President Bush to keep the FutureGen clean-coal power plant on track.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008  Members of Illinois' congressional delegation say the U.S. Department of Energy has pulled its support of the FutureGen power plant in Mattoon, Illinois.