Jennifer Dillon

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No Such Thing as Clean Coal

In this big race towards "clean coal," the waste products from coal have to go somewhere.  If the coal waste products don't get released into the air, they are injected into the ground or water.  Surprise surprise, coal is still dirty.  Can't we get past using coal?  Such a 13th century technology...
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13water.html?em
 
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/10/coal-plants-dump-thousands-gallons-waste-drinking-water-day.php
 
coal plant dump waste water photo