Environmental Senator Kirk Statement on Department of Energy’s Approval of FutureGen Clean Coal Project by Gary Kopycinski on January 18, 2014 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Environmental: People Outside Will Be Injured: Severe Thunderstorms Strike Park Forest March 31, 2026 Park Forest Officials Urge Residents to Protect Pipes as Coldest Air of the Season Continues December 14, 2025 Park Forest Workshops Join Global Effort to Prevent Bird Collisions August 21, 2025 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) issued the following statement today following the Department of Energy’s final stamp of approval on FutureGen, the state-of-the-art, clean coal project in Meredosia, Illinois.