More About Getting Away From Coal

     CNN posted an article listing again the reasons why we should be moving away from coal fired energy plants. Even if you don't believe global warming is a crisis, rising asthma rates and mercury pollution are. Also, coal (and all fossil fuels) will not be around forever, so the sooner we stop using it, the better off we will be.

Other Highlights from the article:
-To build a coal-fired power plant that doesn't emit pollution is so expensive that it's cheaper to do clean energy
-Michael Bloomberg's Bloomberg Philanthropies has committed $50 million over four years to the Beyond Coal campaign
-It is technologically and economically realistic to eliminate coal's contribution to the electric sector by 2030


Original Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/29/bloomberg.brune.coal/index.html?hpt=us_t2