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Myth or Fact: Clean coal

There has been a lot a talk about clean coal. Is it real?

Myth. "Clean Coal" is just a marketing slogan.

In reality, even the most diligently scrubbed smokestacks release greenhouse gases, particulate matter, mercury, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides that are toxic to humans and the rest of the planet. Not all coal plants are required by the EPA to install scrubbers. Sometimes it is cheaper to close a coal plant than install scrubbers.

Want to know more? There is a video explainer down below. Here are also few articles to get you started:

1. https://www.popsci.com/coal-power-plants-cpp

2. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/climate/epa-coal-power-scrubbers.html

3. https://www.popsci.com/coal-power-plants-cpp

4. https://energynews.us/2019/01/10/national/epa-proposal-would-put-federal-mercury-rules-on-shakier-legal-ground/

5. https://www.epa.gov/mats/cleaner-power-plants

6. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2017/07/11/the-largest-clean-coal-power-plant-in-america-turns-to-natural-gas/#40e265657d26

7.https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150203/NEWS11/150209921/futuregen-clean-coal-plant-in-illinois-is-killed-by-obama-administration

8. https://www.nature.com/news/us-government-abandons-carbon-capture-demonstration-1.16868

9. http://fortune.com/2015/02/06/as-the-feds-pull-out-dreams-of-clean-coal-fade/

10. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/climate/what-clean-coal-is-and-isnt.html

Myth or Fact: Is Coal Clean?

All Myth or Fact: Renewables are replacing retiring nuclear power plants Myth or Fact: Electric vehicles (EV) batteries can't be recycled Myth or Fact: Electric vehicles are not green Myth or Fact: Renewables are enough to power the world Myth or Fact: Clean Coal Myth or Fact: Coal Industry is a Major Employer Myth or Fact: Coal is Profitable Myth or Fact: Coal is the Most Powerful Source of Energy Myth or Fact: Natural Gas is Clean Myth or Fact: Oil Drilling is Pollution Free Myth or Fact: Fossil Fuel Production is Not Subsidized Myth or Fact: Global Energy Use Leveling Out Myth or Fact: Nuclear is Expensive Myth or Fact: Nuclear is Not Safe

Myth or Fact: Renewables are replacing retiring nuclear power plants Myth or Fact: Electric vehicles (EV) batteries can't be recycled Myth or Fact: Electric vehicles are not green Myth or Fact: Renewables are enough to power the world Myth or Fact: Clean Coal Myth or Fact: Coal Industry is a Major Employer Myth or Fact: Coal is Profitable Myth or Fact: Coal is the Most Powerful Source of Energy Myth or Fact: Natural Gas is Clean Myth or Fact: Oil Drilling is Pollution Free Myth or Fact: Fossil Fuel Production is Not Subsidized Myth or Fact: Global Energy Use Leveling Out Myth or Fact: Nuclear is Expensive Myth or Fact: Nuclear is Not Safe