Dirtier Side Betrays Promise of ‘Clean Coal’

Monday, March 20, 2006

The subheadline on a story by Kari Lydersen in The New Standard: "Between the coal-rich Appalachian Mountains and coal-hungry energy consumers like the state of Ohio, critics say the concept of an eco-friendly use for the fossil fuel is far more misnomer than reality."

Mar. 15 – On the West Virginia–Ohio border, the tread of the county’s coal-burning power industry is expanding, digging into the Appalachian Mountains and kicking up clouds of pollution. While small towns choked by power plants hear the promise of new "clean coal" technologies, mining communities know there is no technological remedy for the destruction the industry is wreaking in their communities.