Friday, February 27, 2009

Greenwash: Why 'clean coal' is the ultimate climate change oxymoron

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/26/greenwash-clean-coal

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. `Next week, Americans are being invited to take part in what could become the largest act of civil disobedience against global warming in the country's history. People are protesting at the coal-fired power plant that powers legislators on Capitol Hill in Washington DC.