http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-lohan/top-5-myths-about-coal_b_167752.html
1. It's Clean 2. It's Safe 3. It's Cheap 4. It's Good for the Economy 5. It Can Help Stop Global Warming. "
1. It's Clean 2. It's Safe 3. It's Cheap 4. It's Good for the Economy 5. It Can Help Stop Global Warming. "
"If we need immediate action on climate change, clearly CCS is not going to be part of that mix. And frankly, despite its rhetoric that "we can be part of the solution," the coal industry is doing everything it can to be part of the problem.
The Center for American Progress reported, "The coal mining and electric utility industries spent over $125 million combined in the first nine months of 2008 to lobby Congress to delay global-warming-pollution reductions until clean coal technology is ready...."