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The Messy Politics of Clean Coal

Dwight Billings sorts through the questions that need to be addressed

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Patrick H. Mooney Department Chair

With the election of President Barack Obama, who ran on a campaign platform promising to develop and deploy five coal-fired plants with clean carbon capture – clean coal technology has taken center stage. And in the Appalachian region, the “land where coal is king,” the potential impact goes well beyond the “simple” questions of a greener earth.
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The Lexington Community Food Assessment is an on-going integrated research, teaching and outreach project, which aims to examine and address key challenges Lexington residents face in accessing nutritionally and culturally adequate food at affordable price.

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