Duke Energy (DUK) is disentangling itself from a problematic relationship with an industry group promoting clean coal technology, citing differences over the carbon cap-and-trade legislation now before Congress.

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If you haven't been keeping tabs on clean coal's latest swindle, this should make you shudder. Not only is clean coal the epitome of an oxymoron, the picture it paints of its represented industry is downright false. Show me one active commercial scale clean coal plant.

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"In 1966, 46,000 West Virginia miners were collecting salaries and pensions and reinvesting in their communities. Mechanization has shrunk that number to fewer than 11,000. They extract more coal annually, but virtually all the profits leave the state for Wall Street."

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technology already exists to make huge reductions in greenhouse emissions from coal, allowing power companies to begin cutting the carbon footprint of coal today.

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America's Leaders Deny The Obvious While They Pick Our Pockets

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD... I am in shock that we will not embrace the concept of growing our nuclear energy infrastructure while funding a 110% effort to conquer fusion in the next 20 years.

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Clean Coal and Swing States

The coal industry and the states who cater to it are holding our nation hostage, our current two-party political system is allowing it. Our kids will have to pay the bill in more ways than one it's time we stand up and be heard.

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THE Hunter Valley is likely to play a leading role in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's $4.2 billion plan to build the world's biggest solar power generator.

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In a speech later today, the Justice Department antitrust chief, Christine A.

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THE government's latest plans to turn coal into a "clean" fuel are coming under increasing attack by climate-change activists and scientists.

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China's frenetic construction of coal-fired power plants has raised worries around the world about the effect on climate change.

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As climate change hearings begin on Capitol Hill, a coal industry group flexes new-found muscle

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The House climate bill lawmakers begin debating Tuesday would increase fuel-efficiency standards, establish mandates for renewable electricity, spur "clean coal" technology and open a legal path for victims of climate change — in addition to enacting a carbon-trading proposal,  …

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DOE on Fossil Energy and Clean Coal

Much in the debate on energy, thousands of different opinions and viewpoints have been thrown around. Topics often include Global Warming, Energy Sources, Emissions, Economy, and even National Security.

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For years, scientists have been experimenting with ways to "clean" coal, a carbon-heavy fuel that countries around the world increasingly rely on. But the technology for carbon capture and storage has been tried only on a small scale.

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Appalachia is being bombed, blasted and bulldozed right into 3rd world America. We can't stand anymore of the progress and prosperity in Wise County. www.wisecountyissues.com

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The longstanding disgrace of mountaintop mining is now squarely in President Obama's hands. More Articles

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President Obama raises money for "green jobs" and "clean coal" by auctioning pollution credits.

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FutureGen plant canceled by the Bush administration is being reconsidered, according to Energy Secretary Steven Chu

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This video shows us the dirty lie behind so-called "clean coal" -- which is the main source of power on the East Coast.

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If I were a coal company executive, I'd feel like I was getting beat up on: The entire month of February has seen big coal being pummeled by politicians, environmental groups, and activists as if it were something dirty.

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Congress is planning to direct at least $10 billion in economic stimulus funding to an Energy Department loan guarantee program that hasn't backed any projects since it began in 2005.

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"We saw this several years ago in Pennsylvania. A little town named Forward Township got buried in a landslide of fly ash," he says. "We went in and tested the ash, and it turned out to be toxic, also full of arsenic just like the TVA site."

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Estimates for the amount of thick sludge that gushed from a Tennessee coal plant this week have tripled to more than a billion gallons, as cleanup crews try to remove the goop from homes and railroads and halt its oozing into an adjacent river.

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A carol about Frosty the Coalman?? Are you kidding me? Yes, the coal biz is pumping up its image with a cutesy ad saying that coal is a clean and friendly energy source. Lyrics and link to video clip included, in case you have to see it to believe it.

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Fatal Flaws in Obama's Stimulus Program

There are some serious flaws in President-elect Obama's economic stimulus program. First, there is the major contradiction in goals: while advancing "green tech" jobs, Obama plans to spend far more on the oil-based economy for job creation.

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