Zinke Pimps Clean Coal, Pink Llamas, Singing End Tables, Other Non-Existent Things On Radio

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“[It’s] better if you’re an environmentalist to burn clean coal,” Zinke insisted during the interview, criticizing the cost of solar panels and related clean energy endeavors. “Wind chops up a lot of birds,” he argued several times, echoing a debunked talking point often used to oppose renewable energy.

Experts have repeatedly argued that clean coal doesn’t exist. Carbon capture and storage, the process through which emissions from coal power are buried underground, is a largely unproven and costly process, one that has never gained much traction commercially.

Last summer, the Trump administration’s own Department of Energy concluded that the coal industry’s recent decline has been the result of increased automation in mining and cheap natural gas, not a regulatory “war on coal.”

Opposing renewable energy in favor of fossil fuels, specifically coal, has been a pillar of the Trump administration, which has worked to roll back Obama-era climate regulations and initiatives. As president, Trump has overturned the Stream Protection Rule, which required mining companies to monitor stream pollution levels and established buffer zones between streams and surface mines. The administration has also granted Oklahoma coal ash regulation powers and may soon do so for other states, weakening oversight of the toxic substance.

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https://thinkprogress.org/interiors-zinke-touts-white-house-line-about-clean-coal-which-doesnt-exist-e2bc7ee7f4c5/