The Country’s Dirtiest Electricity Option

Currently, more than 100 new
coal-fired power plants are in various stages of development around the
country. These new power plants will emit 400 million tons of carbon dioxide annually - which is tantamount to doubling the
number of cars on our roads! Coal is the single biggest obstacle to curbing
global warming, and the U.S. is poised take a giant leap in the wrong
direction. Though coal-fired power
plants provide nearly 50 percent of the nation’s electricity, they are our top
source of air pollution and toxic mercury and are responsible for one-third of
the country's greenhouse gas emissions - nearly 2 billion tons per year. In addition, U.S.
coal plants are a leading cause of asthma and lung cancer.

Despite what the coal industry would have us believe, there’s no
such thing as “clean coal.”