There is no such thing as clean coal. It's low sulfur, and it's cleaner than coal used to be, but that's not saying much.
As Montana has more and more coal-fired plants proposed, we have an interest in making sure they use the best technology possible to control their air pollution.
The Highwood plant will produce fewer emissions than most other plants, but they are still emitting pollutants. I wouldn't want to live next door to one of these plants. I wouldn't want to live downwind from one of these plants. I don't care how good they say it is.
It is the dirtiest way to generate energy on the face of the planet.
This plant will produce thousands of tons of pollution each year, and that is not clean by any standard.
This is a fundamental change in policy and it fundamentally violated the Clean Air Act. Anything less than (IGCC) is going to lead to higher levels of air pollution.
