Get ready for the selling of "clean coal." A $40 million industry-sponsored marketing and lobbying campaign has launched, with one national television spot featuring a farmer, a teacher, and a woman in a white lab coat declaring: "I believe"--while a voiceover describes how coal can be burned in an environmentally friendly manner. Full Story »
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Timely article with Virginia just approving a coal fired power plant. Reading the article left me wondering how do voters in the top 10 coal producing states feel about coal mining? Will voters be more likely to vote for a candidate that supports mountain top removal, increase CO2 and mercury emissions, black lung, diversion of huge amounts of water for coal mining, etc then a candidate who is for a renewable energy source that does not contribute to global warming? The millions of dollars used for the 'clean coal' campaign gives new meaning to how clean is clean.
