A Difficult Path for Clean Coal: Part Four of Coal at the Crossroads

Coal generates half of all the electricity in the U.S.  It’s also the biggest source of global-warming emissions and other air pollution.  The coal industry acknowledges this but says the answer is not to phase out coal, but instead to produce "clean coal."  Among the strategies for doing this is building carbon sequestration plants, where the carbon generated from burning coal is pumped underground.  But despite years of promises, no carbon sequestration plants are in operation in the U.S.  Anne Glausser reports on the difficult path for clean coal.This is part four of Coal at the Crossroads airing on WFPL today.  The full audio is below.