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Interview: Coal's Future
A coal mine in West Virginia. (Photo by Erika Celeste)
The coal industry wants us to believe in the idea of 'clean coal.' But burning coal emits a lot of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. The coal-burning electric power industry is just now testing technology to capture CO2 and to permanently store it. The second round of tests is happening at American Electric Power's Mountaineer Power Plant in New Haven, West Virginia. Hank Courtright is monitoring those tests. He's with the non-profit Electric Power Research Institute. Lester Graham talked with him and asked how the tests are going:
Electric Power Research Institute
A documentary on coal from TER
Producer: Lester Graham
Release Date: January 27, 2010
Running Time: 3:04