Coal is Filthy
Sun, Apr 12 2009 at 9:59 AM EST
Photo credit United Mountain Defense Filthy Coal is a great new site for keeping up to date on developments in the world of coal, our dirtiest source of electricity. Here's their mission statement:
No matter what coal companies try to tell us, there is no such thing as “Cl**n Coal.”Coal is FILTHY. It pollutes our air, our water and our land, and it is time for The United States to abandon this destructive energy source and invest in clean, alternative energy.FilthyCoal.org strives to arm you with the information you need to fight coal companies and save our planet. We are dedicated to providing the latest news in the fight against toxic coal ash, along with other helpful, interesting resources.
The site was launched around the response to the Harriman, Tennessee coal ash disaster spill this past December, when 1 BILLION gallons of coal ash broke out of a containment pond and coated over 400 acres with toxic sludge. The poisonous coal ash spread into streams and rivers and has polluted drinking water with dangerous levels of arsenic, cadmium, and lead.
Here is a video showing pictures of Harriman before and after the disaster set to a great tune written by folk artist Nick Annis:
What happened in Tennessee is a tragedy that is bound to repeat itself as long as we continue to burn coal. Coal ash sludge is just one finger on the fist of coal that's pounding us all in the face. Digging coal out of the ground kills miners, blasts away mountains, buries valleys and pollutes streams and drinking water. Burning it releases CO2, mercury, lead and other harmful pollutants into our atmosphere, and then the ash from the burn is turned into sludge and piled up in ponds where it will leak or break out a few decades down the line. There is nothing clean about any of the steps in that process.
There is no such thing as clean coal.
There is no such thing as clean coal.
There is no such thing as clean coal.
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Comments(3)
Posted By mikemikef - Mon, Apr 13 2009 at 6:52 AM ESTCLEANER OPTION
I know, the coal companies have not played fair. And, the republicans, small r, have been leading us to destroy our planet, because selfish brats tend to be ignorant and they can fool a lot of other ignorant people. Remember the hydrogen hoax to kill the electric car? see: http://tinyurl.com/hydrogenhoax ... And, Carter's energy program was almost killed by Reagan's ignorance. They had.... More
Posted By Santa Claus - Sun, Apr 12 2009 at 8:54 AM ESTShea: www.TheSantaClausFoundation.org
Visit www.TheSantaClausFoundation.org sometime and inform yourself.
New goverment report on CO2 - devestating!
For all who are concerned about man's role in global warming and the role of filthy coal, this is a must read report which has recently been released by the U.S. Senate.
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_i...
This is also amazing... who could possibly disagree with so many scientists??
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