IS IT GREEN? Clean Coal

Energy - 2008

IS IT GREEN? Clean Coal

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/06/is-it-green-clean-coal
Scanned by: Mielle Sullivan over 3 years ago

Throughout this past election season we heard both major-party candidates give a lot of love to “clean coal.” The phrase sounds great to Americans concerned about our dependence on foreign oil, and the U.S. has enough coal to generate our electricity for hundreds of years - if it’s “clean”, why not? But what do “clean coal” technologies really entail, and can an ancient energy source responsible for 40% of U.S. CO2 emissions really clean up its act?

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