Green and Chic » greenwash http://greenandchic.com/blog Natural, organic, clean personal care products and green living Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:52:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Emperor “Clean Coal” has no clothes http://greenandchic.com/blog/emperor-clean-coal-has-no-clothes?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emperor-clean-coal-has-no-clothes http://greenandchic.com/blog/emperor-clean-coal-has-no-clothes#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:00:42 +0000 Carla Rose http://greenandchic.com/blog/?p=600 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?

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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?

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