Clean Coal?

Most environmentalists cringed when they heard the words “clean” and “coal” used together in Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy plan. Coal is unpopular enough with the general public, but among the environmentally aware, it ranks only slightly higher than drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

But the Bush Administration is making a major push for clean coal. “Things are a little different at the Department of Energy (DOE) these days for those of us involved in the coal program,” Robert S. Kripowicz, acting assistant secretary for fossil energy, told the National Coal Council. “We’re not walking around with bags on our heads. People actually talk to us.”

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