As viewers of PBS and the major network and cable channels know too well, the onslaught of "clean coal" advertisements over the past year has reached a tipping point. In the face of the actual news headlines, the relentless barrage of television daydreams about coal's zero carbon dioxide emissions and the coal industry's fanciful role in environmental protection and job security, seem more like bad reruns from the era of "Father Knows Best" than any hope for a clean energy future.
"Clean" coal? How about a little truth in advertising? Perhaps it's time for the Federal Trade Commission or Federal Communications Commission to hold the coal industry's public relations campaign to acceptable standards.
Don't they watch the news?
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http://www.alternet.org/environment/126229/do_"%3Bclean_coal"%3B_ads_violate_ftc_fcc_standards/
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