A little Christmas humor from online personality Rob Cottingham at Social Signal who knows all too well that clean coal is a joke. 
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Clean Coal is a Joke
If coal is clean, why's it still causing black lung?
Three more retired coal miners died of black lung today. Over 105,000 Americans have suffered and died from black lung related diseases; 10,000 miners, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, have died from black lung in the last decade.
Top coal CEO pessimistic about carbon capture and storage
One of the most compelling chapters in the PBS Frontline 2-hour special on global warming that aired earlier this week was the segment on America's Addiction to Coal. PBS dives headfirst into the myth of clean coal and pretty much tears it apart using something we don't often see these days when it come US energy issues: facts.
And the most complete take-down of "clean coal" in the segment came from the CEO of the second largest coal electricity company in the US.
New poll finds 2 in 3 voters opposed to mountaintop removal
A new national poll released today (pdf) finds that 85% of voters in the US are concerned about the destructive practice of mountaintop removal minging for coal.
Coal is Not the Answer - new site and great video
Check out Sierra Club's new site busting the myth of "clean coal."
They also have a great video rebutting the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricty's "clean coal" PR talking points....
New report outlines major risks of "clean coal"
The Union of Concerned Scientists has released a report today outlining the considerable risks associated with so-called "clean coal" and carbon capture and storage technology (pdf.)
Mike Brune on the Clean Coal Contradiction
Rainforest Action Network's executive director Mike Brune has a great op-ed out on the idiocy of the idea that coal is somehow clean:
Government vs. coal industry on so-called "clean coal"
The Government
Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that says clean coal is expensive, decades away, and won't be developed without stringent carbon regulations in place first.
Coal-fired power will not build a cleaner future in Michigan or anywhere else
If you owned a wind or solar power production plant and were looking to expand would you be okay if it that expansion was fueled by coal?
There's outrageous headlines everyday, but as a news junkie you become immune, at least for the most part. The headline today at the Michigan's Bay City Times reads: Michigan needs coal to build its clean energy future.
Wow. I need to clear my head to figure out the logic behind this one.
Jury Says: Direct Action Justified to Stop Coal!
Today is a historic day for the climate change
movement. A UK Crown Court jury effectively ruled that taking direct
action, breaking the law, and even property damage are all justified in
the course of stopping catastrophic climate change.
The quote from one of the charged activist sums it up well:
