4.27.2009 9:19 AM

60 Minutes Examines Clean Coal

Can we clean up existing plants by 2050? Do we have to stop building coal-fired power plants now?

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Photo: Thaddeus Robertson

By Dan Shapley

Last night, 60 Minutes examined the clean coal issue, with interesting interviews with both Duke Energy's CEO Jim Rogers and NASA's climate scientist James Hansen. Each agrees that coal cannot continue releasing so much carbon dioxide, because it is fueling global warming. But while Rogers says it will be 2050 before the coal industry has stripped the carbon from its business, Hansen says that will be too late for the planet.

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