Here’s a summary of a great day from two of the Clean Coal Technology. It Works. field teams. First, a presidential update from Dan Lipner, captain of Team 4.

After spending some time talking with folks in Cleveland about clean coal technology, we went to Cuyahoga Community College for President Obama’s speech on the economy. While we weren’t able to see the President’s address, we were able to stand at the entrance to the college to greet him and his entourage. Here’s Scott Barker, project coordinator, talking about our appearance at Cuyahoga Community College:

Scott is right: clean coal technology means jobs. Investments in advanced clean coal technologies would create over 2,200 jobs in the state of Ohio alone and over 150,000 jobs across more than 30 states. That’s why both Republicans and Democrats agree that clean coal technology can bring job growth, economic prosperity and renewed innovation to America.

Dan and his team weren’t the only ones who visited with high level officials. Check out this update from Christopher Stio, captain of Team 3.

Our first stop of the day was at the Charleston, West Virginia Vandalia Rotary Club’s weekly breakfast meeting. We met the city manager of Charleston, David Molgaard, who volunteered to pose for a picture with one of our shirts.

We then headed to the University of Charleston to attend a forum on The Future of Coal & CCS with Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Chu remarked that “we are looking to CCS to be game changing technology and industry and government must work together for innovation.” Rockefeller argued that coal is “a treasure for our state. Coal can be our state’s future because you can count on coal when you need it.”

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