Let's talk about clean coal

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When power plants burn coal to produce energy, the coal doesn't just vanish into the atmosphere to cause global warming. No, there's a substantial amount of left-over sludge called coal ash, a nasty mess that is enriched for toxic heavy metals. It is seriously nasty stuff. This glop has to be stored, somewhere, usually piled up and walled-off, because it's not healthy for anything.

Behold what happens when the containment walls fail...

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula

This is happening right now, here in the United States. Yesterday, a retaining wall failed, and 500 million gallons of coal ash — the vile grey slime in the video — poured down into the tributaries of the Tennessee River, the water supply for Chattannooga and environs.

We're looking at a major environmental catastrophe, bigger than any oil spill, and most of the news media are silent about it. I checked CNN, MS-NBC, even Fox News…not a word. The local newspapers have a few articles, and the regional blogs are trying to follow it, but otherwise, I guess we're going to pretend it didn't happen.

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1. THERE IS NO CLEAN COAL.

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[liberal N proud]

2. I like that commercial that is on TV these days about Clean Coal

The guy walks through a door and says, this is it.
Followed up by That's right there is no clean coal.

[IndyOp]

3. Please visit DU thread on Environmental 9/11 with video & rec it to get it to the Greatest Page -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x252884

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4. Done! n/t