Clean Coal? Just say no

authordefault
onOct 30, 2008 @ 09:13 PDT

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.

Excerpted from an excellent โ€œclean coalโ€ article in the Guardian
authordefault
Admin's short bio, lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Voluptate maxime officiis sed aliquam! Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit.

Related Posts

onDec 8, 2025 @ 04:00 PST

The pro-AI and fossil fuel group tells DeSmog that itโ€™s great to see its ideas โ€œget taken up by government.โ€

The pro-AI and fossil fuel group tells DeSmog that itโ€™s great to see its ideas โ€œget taken up by government.โ€
onDec 7, 2025 @ 10:04 PST

Oil companies are once again asking the high court to intervene in climate deception lawsuits across the U.S. โ€” part of an all-hands-on-deck effort by Big Oil and the Trump administration to shut the cases down.

Oil companies are once again asking the high court to intervene in climate deception lawsuits across the U.S. โ€” part of an all-hands-on-deck effort by Big Oil and the Trump administration to shut the cases down.
onDec 7, 2025 @ 06:01 PST

The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.

The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.
onDec 4, 2025 @ 11:48 PST

U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.

U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.