Green and Chic

Natural, organic, clean personal care products and green living

Emperor “Clean Coal” has no clothes

Tags: , ,

The buzzwords of the day: “clean coal” has been talked about quite a bit during the ’08 presidential election as being the thing that will saves us.  But is this “clean coal” really clean?

Check out…

This is Reality

The Clean

The concept of clean coal is said to be a solution to climate change and global warming by coal industry groups, while environmental groups maintain that it is greenwash, a public relations tactic that presents coal as having the potential to be an environmentally acceptable option. Greenpeace is a major opponent of the concept because emissions and wastes are not avoided, but are transferred from one waste stream to another. - Wikipedia

What do you think about clean coal? Can coal really be clean?

© 2009 Green and Chic. All Rights Reserved.

This blog is powered by Wordpress and Magatheme by Bryan Helmig.