Can Coal Ever Be Clean?

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Mon, 09/01/2014 - 10:15am to 11:00am
Can carbon capture and sequestration reduce the carbon emissions of coal-fired power plants?
This is a rebroadcast of a program that originally aired on March 24, 2014

Coal provides 40 percent of the world's electricity and 39 percent of global CO2emissions. Mining coal is a deadly profession that destroys the natural environment. Transporting coal is also fraught with dangers and clean coal is a myth. But getting the world off coal is easier said than done. Until we have a comprehensive renewable energy infrastructure, it looks like coal will remain a significant source of the world's energy.

On this episode of Locus Focus, we talk with writer Michelle Nijhuis, whose article "Can Coal Ever Be Clean?" appears in the April issue of National Geographic. We'll discuss the feasibility of carbon capture and sequestration, which is being promoted as a possible way to make coal less dirty.

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