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The Country’s Dirtiest Electricity Option
- From RAN
By Rainforest Action Network - Environmentalism with Teeth
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CleanER coal, maybe
Coal can be cleaned up (and it should be), but it cannot be as clean as natural gas, hydroelectric, or nuclear power . Some of the soot can be trapped, but not all of it. Many of the chemical by-products of coal combustion can be trapped, but not all of them.
- TB3
March 3, 2010 2:13PM
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