Press Mention TIME January 9, 2009
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Exposing the Myth of Clean Coal Power
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TIME magazine article examining the Kingston coal ash spill disaster of December 2008 in Tennessee, which released 1.1 billion gallons of toxic coal ash and exposed the false promise of 'clean coal' technology. Steven Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, testified before the Senate that the breach represents an environmental catastrophe revealing the dangers of coal combustion and the need for federal regulation of coal ash waste.
is an environmental catastrophe that reveals not only the dangers of burning coal and mismanaging coal combustion waste, but also the need for federal regulation
Stephen A. Smith
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