"Clean" Coal

Um … no, it's not. And, ironically, as more has been done to scrub contaminants out of the air, it's mean those contaminants instead end up in the solid ash waste left behind. Waste which the utilities want to keep unregulated because it would cost money to do something about it.

So remember when we also talk about coal being "cheap," part of that cheapness is that the costs of handling it and its waste are simply not being included in the equation. They're being left for people later on — or downstream — to deal with …

Reshared post from +George Wiman

Great article. I think Texas city might beg to differ about this being the largest industrial accident, but the worst thing about coal ash spills is that They. Keep. Happening. And even when they don't spill, they're radioactive and full of heavy metals to try and keep out of the ground water.