Clean-Coal Debate Pits Al Gore's Group Against Obama, Peabody. By Daniel Whitten, Bloomberg News, February 4, 2009. "Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and his Alliance for Climate Protection say clean-coal technology is a fantasy. Peabody Energy Corp., the biggest U.S. coal producer, says another prominent Democrat has pledged to make the technology a reality: President Barack Obama. The Gore-Obama split illustrates a growing debate in the U.S. as the new president attempts to deliver on his promise to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the country 80 percent by 2050. Depending on who's speaking, coal is either the villain or part of the solution... Portraying clean coal as a mirage, the Alliance for Climate Protection's first commercial, shown on broadcast and cable networks starting last December, features an announcer showing off 'today's clean-coal technology' as he gestures toward empty terrain... After the environmentalists began their anti-coal commercials, response ads were mustered by... the industry-sponsored American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity."
2009-02-09
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