Greenwash: Fred Pearce on why 'clean coal' is the ultimate climate-change oxymoron

The people who told us for years that climate change was a myth now say it's all true – but something called 'clean coal' can fix it. This is pure and utter greenwash, says Fred Pearce Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Feb 26, 2009 - 10:58 PM PST
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Feb 26, 2009 - 10:58 PM PST
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by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 26, 2009

The article presents the story that clean coal is a marketing lie, and it is getting much advertizing time. Perhaps the marketing is even reaching Obama and your legislator.

Clean coal is the hope of the future, and always will be.

ACCCE claims that modern coal power plants are “70% cleaner”. It sounds good. It sounds like coal really is cleaning up. Perhaps the ... More »

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by Norman Rogers - Feb. 28, 2009

They are correct that carbon sequestration is pie in the sky. They are incorrect in thinking that CO2 emissions constitute some sort of disaster or will be stopped by idiots demonstrating at coal plants.

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