Star Tribune: In July 2011, GE cancelled its agreement with the University of Wyoming to build a $100 million coal gasification test facility for Powder River Basin coals. Commenting on this setback on Wyoming PBS six months later, then-UW President Tom Buchanan acknowledged GEs challenge in deciding whether a given energy investment will fit into a national energy policy, if one is forthcoming. But then he went on to say, what better time is there to take a risk and set the stage for what that policy ought...