Coal, coal, coal....

There was lots in the news this last week about coal.

There is an all out assault on the concept of "clean coal" by some heavy hitters on the environmental advocacy side of the ledger: see this video here where the League of Conservation Voters head Gene Karpinski explains clean coal is an oxymoron.

NPR presented an interesting pro/con discussion and interview last week on the same topic. This one features Al Gore and Joe Lucas of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.

NPR also did a good story on mountaintop mining that gives the goal industry a victory just as the Bush administration leaves office.