Cleaning Up Coal

Cleaning Up Coal

(Global Pulse: May 29, 2009) Is there such a thing as clean coal? The industry wants you to think so. But clean doesn't mean non-polluting. The questions around coal's future as an energy source are part of a bigger debate over the earth's environmental future.

Sources: BBC, Great Britain; Al Jazeera, Qatar; CCTV, China; ABC, U.S.; CNN, U.S.; NBC, U.S.; Fox, U.S.; New York Times, U.S.;  American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricty, U.S.; Alliance for Climate Protection, U.S.

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