Comments on: Clean Coal: The Gift that Keeps on Giving

By: Researchers Look to Reclaim Geothermal Energy at Old Coal Mines

Researchers Look to Reclaim Geothermal Energy at Old Coal Mines — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:13:21 +0000

[…] and wreak havoc for generations. One classic example is here in the U.S., where an out-of-control coal mine fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania has been burning for decades, forcing local residents to abandon their […]

By: Correct blamer

Correct blamer — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:30:47 +0000

Yes, lets dig other countries coal but not our own, lets not use electricity before we have discover a best energy source that will not affect us geologically, estatically, politically, economically, humanitarianically,… or spiritually in case the religious group complains. I love to complain and please dont ask me for solutions, or I will be complained at.

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:44:54 +0000

Steve: Thank you for your comment. Coal ash disposal is an issue that I didn’t address in the post but it’s a hot one. I’m sure a lot of readers will recall the coal ash dump disaster in Tennessee that grabbed the headlines near the end of 2009, just a few months before the Gulf oil spill erupted.

By: Steve Hopkins

Steve Hopkins — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:42:20 +0000

No matter how you try to whitewash it, coal will never be “clean.” It contains really bad toxins that in burning will either be spewed into the air or be concentrated in the ash or other solid toxic waste. The coal industry’s growing list of paid apologists now includes CNN, which, according to the following After the Press video report, aired a story recently about a giant coal ash dump on the W. Va./Penn border – with the “report” in fact sponsored by an airbrushed spot for The Coalition for Clean Coal.

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:15:56 +0000

Leland: The report is in a release posted by PA DEP on prnewswire.com: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/third-report-on-southwestern-pa-underground-mine-subsidence-shows-impacts-on-property-water-need-for-insurance-112872679.html

By: Leland Searles, Iowa Environmental Council

Leland Searles, Iowa Environmental Council — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:07:08 +0000

I don’t see a link to the PA DEP report. That would be useful for me and perhaps others.