DENVER, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Evergreen Energy Inc (NYSE:EEE) today reported that its stockholders have approved its name change from KFx Inc to Evergreen Energy Inc. A special meeting of stockholders was held this morning, in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation and the Delaware General Corporation Law. At this meeting, over 99% of the voting shares were in favor of adopting the name change. The Company's Board of Directors approved the name change on September 19, 2006, and the Company has been doing business as Evergreen Energy Inc since September 25, 2006. "We believe that our name Evergreen Energy Inc reflects the position that our company offers an immediate economical, environmental and efficiency improvement to coal, which is our nation's largest domestic energy source," commented Mark Sexton, Chairman and CEO. "We think our K-Fuel(TM) Refined Coal can be of immediate value to regulators and the new Congressional leadership as our country re-emphasizes energy and environmental solutions." About Evergreen Energy Inc Evergreen Energy Inc is leveraging a vertically integrated, coal-based platform to deliver combined energy, environmental and economic solutions, producing clean, efficient and affordable energy. Evergreen Energy is meeting the specific needs of vital industrial, international and public utility market customers. Our proprietary K-Fuel(TM) process uses heat and pressure to physically and chemically transform high moisture, low BTU coals into a more energy efficient, lower emission fuel. A co-benefit of the K-Fuel(TM) process is the removal of significant amounts of mercury and reductions in the emissions of carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Please visit http://www.kfx.com/ for more information. DATASOURCE: Evergreen Energy Inc CONTACT: Analysts and Investors, Karli Anderson, Director of Investor Relations, or Media and Public Affairs, Paul Jacobson, Vice President of Corporate Communications, both of Evergreen Energy Inc, +1-303-293-2992 Web site: http://www.kfx.com/

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