Last night, I saw a great new television ad that told the truth about clean coal - that is, it emphasized that clean coal does not exist. The ad was launched by Al Gore's new "Reality Campaign", which is an effort by multiple environmental groups to expose the myth of clean coal.
Page van der Linden's blog
Joe The Spinner And His Clean Coal Merry-Go-Round
Joe Lucas of the ACCCE takes us for a ride on National Public Radio
Clean Coal Cash Capture And Sequestration
It's 2008. You're a tax-paying American. Do you know where your greenbacks are going?
Here's the dirt - er, coal dust.
Climate Camp: Answering The Call To Action
So, have you heard about Climate Camp? It's a name that's making news, and if you happen to be on the British side of the pond, you can join up activists from all walks of life to raise awareness about that dirty, dirty energy source known as coal. Greenpeace UK tells us:
Desert Rock Coal Plant Update: Permit To Pollute
Greetings from the Land Of Enchantment! It's been a pretty hot summer here in New Mexico. The federal government has just declared most of our counties drought disaster areas. Yes, we're definitely feeling the effects of global warming here in the American Southwest.
A Note to the ACCCE: Apples Are Not Oranges
Over at the Clean Coal Front Group Soapbox (er, blog), ACCCE Vice President of Communications Joe Lucas has a new post entitled:
Kentucky Coal to Liquid Investment a Desperate Time for America
Plans for a $4 billion coal to liquid fuel plant in Kentucky have been unveiled today, spelling a new low-point in the US addiction to dirty energy.
The idea of converting coal to liquid fuel (known as coal-to-liquids or CTL) is not new.
Coal Industry Front Group Holds Arkansas Clean Coal Technology Conference
Mark your calendars! On Thursday, July 17, 2008, the coal industry front group "American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity" (ACCCE) is co-sponsoring a conference in Hope, Arkansas.
From the press release:
Announcing the Marriage of the G-8 and 'Clean Coal'!
The G-8's non-solution to cutting carbon emissions: use CCS.
As Ross Gelbspan blogged today, the Group of Eight (G-8) has pledged to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2050. It makes for great headlines, but the small print shows several things: they failed to set a short term emissions reduction goal, and a large part of their Grand Forty-Two Year Plan is to go "low-carbon" by - you guessed it - using carbon capture and sequestration, also known as the "clean coal" pipe dream.
