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Is Clean Coal Clean?


Actually, it’s not. The process of making clean coal reduces atmospheric emission of carbon as well as contaminants such as sulfur and mercury. But mining the coal is as messy as ever, and it takes more clean coal to yield the same amount of energy. The “clean” electricity-generating plants also appear to cause more groundwater and solid-waste problems than dirty coal plants do.

 
 
 
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