The Dirty Truth About Clean Coal

Business Week by Ben Elgin | Jun. 26, 2008 (Special Report)
Critical electoral votes have made it a potent campaign issue, but it's still years away

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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 by Randy Morrow - Jun. 26, 2008

We are already seeing ads for the mythical "clean coal" in my state. This article points out some of the industry's claims like: "These steps, he says, "may actually spur more research on carbon capture and sequestration." referring to the advantages of as an yet unbuilt "clean" plant (note the quote does not say how the plant would run clean when it is built).

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