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But Greenpeace's energy campaigner Ben Pearson has defended the comments of State Environment Minister Phil Koperberg who has previously described the term clean coal as an oxymoron.
"The whole term clean coal has to be challenged, it's like talking about healthy cigarettes," he said.
"Really at the end of the day coal is a dirty fuel. But we also need to be more exact about what we are talking about."
"Clean coal is an umbrella term that refers to variety of different processes that are designed to burn coal more cleanly and capture carbon dioxide." © 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Posted September 27th, 2007 by Dinka
