An excerpt, from a compilation of recent funding Senator Byrd has helped secure for WVU:
"§ $475,750 for the Long-Term Environmental and Economic Impacts of the Development of a Coal Liquefaction Plant in China program. This funding will allow WVU to continue to access significant data in innovative combination and liquefaction technologies being deployed in China, which will in turn allow the U.S. to better pursue coal-to-liquid transportation fuels projects..."