Countries betting tech can clean up coal
In the high-stakes game of climate change, the United States and other countries are betting on the idea that technology can make dirty coal cleaner. The U.S. recently decided to put $1 billion into a carbon capture and storage project in Illinois. But questions about the technology remain.
As Technology Needs Grow, One Sector Has No Shortage of Jobs
Platinum Solutions, a Reston information technology firm that serves the government, needs to find new employees so fast that it hired four full-time recruiters. At any given time, the company has 20 to 40 job openings, and it recently opened an office in West Virginia that has 65 employees.