Coal is about acid rain and peasouper smogs, asthma and mercury contamination, radioactive waste emissions and ripping apart mountains, killing trees, lung cancer and, of course, global warming.
Coal emits more carbon dioxide for every unit of energy generated than any other fuel. Sure you can clean it up a bit โ though the toxins you’ve taken out of the ground have to go somewhere. But clean coal? Just sayย no.
โIโve never seen anything like this,โ longtime denier Marc Morano said recently of Democrats, billionaires, activists and reporters going โsilentโ on the issue.
In exclusive interview with DeSmog, Haisla leader explains that an oil โspill on our waterway would be catastrophic.โ
The Reform UK leaderโs planned trip to Washington D.C. has prompted fresh consternation from campaigners.
Policymakers, civil society, investors, business, and the media all must answer key questions fast โ before the regulatory rollback turns into a rout.
