Today the House passed a Continuing Resolution and a minibus that included the final FY09 Defense spending bill, which had 6 earmarks for coal-to-liquid and synthetic fuels projects, totaling $19 million. Senator Stevens (R-AK) hauled down the most earmarks overall and pair worth $10 million for Alaska’s Eilson Air Force Base Coal-to-Liquid Initiative.
| Eilson Air Force Base Coal-to-Liquid Initiative* |
$5,000,000
|
Senator Stevens |
| Eilson Air Force Base Coal-to-Liquid Initiative* |
$5,000,000
|
Senator Stevens |
|
AF Coal Transformation Laboratory
|
$800,000
|
Senator Lugar
|
|
Freedom Fuels/Coal Fuels Alliance
|
$3,200,000
|
Senator Bunning
|
|
Synthetic Fuel Innovation
|
$4,000,000
|
Senator Byrd
|
|
Shipboard Production Synthetic Aviation Fuel
|
$1,000,000
|
Senator Bennett
|
|
Total: |
$19,000.000 |
*This project receives a total of $10 million, as $5 million is earmarked to two different accounts.
See TCS’s fact sheet on Coal-to-Liquids for more information.
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