A Dangerous Game

Editor’s Note: The following article on “clean” coal was written by Peter Montague, and distributed in Rachel’s Democracy & Health News. Eric personally met Peter during “the PCB wars,” and highly recommends rachel.orgВ for environmental news. To see the article in its original format, click here. –RA

[Rachel’s introduction: A new “reality coalition” has challenged theВ coal industry to “live up to the promise of so-called clean coal.”В But how serious is this new coalition?]

Five big enviro groups have just launched a new campaign to force theВ coal industry to put up or shut up about “clean coal.”

The Alliance for Climate Protection, League of Conservation Voters,В National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense CouncilВ (NRDC), and Sierra Club this week launched the “Reality Coalition,” anВ advertising campaign to — in their own words — “tell a simple truth:В in reality, there is no such thing as ‘clean coal.’

The first “Reality” print ad shows a solitary door labeled “Clean CoalВ Facility Entrance.” Behind the door, though, lies a barren field. “InВ reality, there’s no such thing as clean coal,” the ad says.

Reality’s first TV ad follows the same premise and can be viewed atВ http://www.thisisreality.org/.

The “reality coalition” is responding to the coal industry’s ownВ multi-million dollar ad campaign claiming that “clean coal” is theВ answer to global warming.

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