August 29, 2008
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CWR: The Myth of Clean Coal

Date: 07-02-2008
Type: audio
Category: Environment
Source: Corporate Watchdog Radio
Organization:
Corporate Watchdog Radio
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  • Length: 28:21 minutes (25.96 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
Utilities and coal companies are pushing to open over a hundred new coal-fired power plants in the US. But activists, investors, communities, consumers, and scientists are pointing to financial, regulatory, environmental, and social risks that far outweigh the potential benefits of coal. And they are pulling back the veil from the myth of clean coal, exposing that king coal is a naked emperor. Carbon capture and storage, the key to coal's "clean" claims, has years of technical and economic hurdles to cross. Leslie Lowe, director of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibilty's Energy & Environment Program, speaks with us today about the risks of committing to a future of new coal plants.
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