Clean coal fired energy plants just aren't "clean" no matter how much coal industry lobby groups want us to think they are.

I came across a report the other day by the Union of Concerned Scientists outlining all the nasty stuff emitted from the average US clean coal fired energy plants.

It's quite shocking.

The Dirty Facts about Clean Coal Fired Energy Plants

Did you know that a typical clean coal fired energy plants in the United States will emit 3.7 million tons of carbon dioxide, 10,000 tons of sulfur dioxide and 10,200 tons of nitrogen oxide this year?

A typical clean coal fired energy plants also emits: