What role can coal play in a cleaner, healthier energy future?
There is nothing clean about coal-fired power plants–from being the largest source of toxic mercury pollution to releasing over 30% of our nation’s total carbon dioxide emissions every year, coal-fired power plants are the dirtiest source of energy we use today. While we won’t be able to wean ourselves off of coal tomorrow, we should be moving away from coal energy and cleaning up the existing plants that are the worst polluters. A truly cleaner and healthier energy future relies on smart solutions like efficiency and renewables, not on dirty coal.
