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Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future (Part 3)
Engineering Professor Rich Axelbaum studies his "oxy-coal combustor," a device he hopes could someday trap CO2 in coal-fired power plants. (Photo by Matt Sepic)
Coal has a reputation as a sooty, dirty fuel. More recently, environmentalists and the coal industry alike have become just as worried about the carbon dioxide released when coal is burned. In the third part of our series on the future of coal, Matt Sepic has this look at the science behind so-called "clean coal":
Website of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization at Washington University in St. Louis
A related story from The Environment Report
Producer: Matt Sepic
Release Date: March 30, 2009
Running Time: 3:13