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NRDC has espoused a pragmatic approach to coal that focuses on encouraging [[syngas|coal gasification ]] and [[Caron Carbon Capture and Storage|carbon capture and storage]], a position that has frequently placed the organization at odds with local activists opposing projects such as the [[Scriba Coal Gasification Plant|Empire Synfuel project]] in New York. "We can't eliminate coal," said Katherine Kennedy, a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council. "So although other technologies are the ones we're going to favor, we're looking for solutions on the coal front, too."<ref>Tim Knauss, "DeWitt eyed for huge energy plant," December 17, 2006.</ref><ref>Ted Nace, [http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/506 Stopping Coal in Its Tracks], ''Orion Magazine'', January/February 2008.</ref>