clean coal

No big surprise at the DNC on Day 4: Obama’s acceptance speech was the story of the night (transcript).

The New York Times’ Chris Suellentrop rounds up early reactions in this aptly titled post: Well Spoken. More reax here from Andrew Sullivan, from the left and right.

Obama put energy squarely in the spotlight, as he dangled this whopper of a promise in front of Americans:

For the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President: in ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.

Here’s how:

I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy - wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and five million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced.

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Political cartoonist Mark Fiore fires well-aimed shots at all the mythological virtues of "clean coal" in one of the most clever commentaries ever delivered on the subject.

Click play above. And prepare to bust out laughing.

The production comes courtesy of an excellent and important new website created by the folks at DeSmog Blog, Rainforest Action Network and Greenpeace USA.

It's called: Coal is Dirty.

Don't miss it, any of it.

Clean coal isn’t having much luck.

The latest project casualty is a carbon capture and storage plant planned for Kwinana, Australia – south of Perth.

BP pulled the plug on the $2 billion venture on account of an unforeseen geological defect in the area: The leaky rock formations can’t seem to seal in CO2 for the long-term.