Clean coal

At the moment, the phrase ‘clean coal’ is rather like ‘free unicorns’: it names something that would be nice but doesn’t exist. Coal-fired power stations still release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, promising to ‘make sure we can continue to burn clean coal’ (09’30”)

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