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Can Coal Be Clean?

Can Coal Be Clean? A Debate Between Michael Brune of Rainforest Action Network and Joe Lucas of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity

While John McCain and Barack Obama have painted clean coal as a panacea that will help solve the nation's energy problem, many environmental and scientific groups have questioned whether the burning of coal can ever be clean. We host a debate between Rainforest Action Network director Michael Brune, author of the new book Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal, and Joe Lucas of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.
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Clean Coal Can

The burning of any fossil fuel such as gasoline, or coal will never be totally clean. They can clean it up and make it less of an impact on the environment but it will still pollute the area. I believe the real answer is to get us off our dependance on fossil fuels.

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EPA to decide whether coal ash is hazardous waste

The U.S. Coal industry is bracing for tighter and more costly regulation of its waste. Environmental groups say that it's about time. Ref. Source 1