After President Obama’s recent climate change address to the United Nations, Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai told Democracy Now! that if the U.S. moves forward on reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the rest of the world will follow.
According to the Kenyan environmentalist, global leaders must come up with an agreement to make sure that “we aren’t emitting more carbon dioxide than we can take” – and the U.S. must use its status as a world leader to set a precedent.
The coal-generated electricity sector shares Maathai’s sentiments, which is why its scientists and engineers have been researching and deploying cutting-edge clean coal technologies for decades – including carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects designed to eliminate CO2 emissions.
And by exporting clean coal technologies and CCS to developing nations like China and India – as well as deploying the technology on a commercial scale within our borders – we can help ensure a clean energy future for our planet.
Many Americans are already working on making this a reality.
Venita McCellon-Allen, a working mother who relies on coal for electricity, has been encouraging Arkansans to support AEP’s John W. Turk power plant by educating them about the economic and environmental benefits of clean coal.
We hope you follow Venita – as well as a host of other Americans – and ask your friends and family to support clean coal technology – because if Maathai is right, our efforts will go a long way in leading the world into a clean energy future.
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