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Published on Monday, September 28, 2009 by The Real News Network
Clean Coal is Fiction
Jessy Tolkan: Washington saying coal industry can be "clean" is pure fiction
Paul Jay speaks to Jessy Tolkan at the Tides Foundations' Momentum conference in San Francisco. They speak about Tolkan's coalition on climate change fighting Obama to establish a moratorium on all coal mining. Tolkan says that Washington's push for "clean coal" is not enough because the coal industry's and President Obama's argument that the production of coal can be clean is "an absolute, 100% lie." She also says that "the science is clear that if we don't address coal head on, it's almost "game over" for the planet."
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Show AllKudos for this womans committment but her fantasy that Obama wants to do right but needs the help of the ignored and suppressed masses is sadly all to common.
For pete's sake he made a deal,on his own, with Pharma not to negotiate drug prices. He is right of Congress.
There is no such thing as clean coal; clean coal is an oxymoron.