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Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future (Part 5)
Protestors are lobbying for aging coal plants to be shut down--they are some of the nation's dirtiest plants (Photo by Arnold Paul, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming are driving power companies to a decision. They can move away from burning coal altogether or they can work on technology to eliminate their CO2 emissions someday. While they're making that decision, some of the nation's oldest, dirtiest coal-burning power plants still run. In the final part of our series on the future of coal, Shawn Allee looks at why they billow dangerous air pollution– stuff most people think we cleaned up long ago:
An advocacy website protesting coal
Respiratory Health Association of Chicago
Listen to the other parts of our series on coal
Producer: Shawn Allee
Release Date: March 30, 2009
Running Time: 3:21