Clean Coal? Myth or Reality

    When talking about coal we automatically think about the power plants and how coal is used to power up those stations. Moreover, when also talking about clean coal we talk about which country has used or how clean is it. Regardless, with the amount of "clean coal" that we've been  getting is it really clean to the point where it's a waste of time? Or is it worth all that energy and use of resources. My argument is that this issue is a reality and far from it being a myth.

    When in 2018 President Donald Trump cut the budget of the Office of Fossil Energy it seemed that it was going to get worse for us. And the reason I would say "us" is because the office that their budget was cut was trying to solve a big issue in our world which was to reduce pollution caused from coal. Furthermore, in other cases related to this topic when regarding the outcomes of  'clean coal' it doesn't necessarily help us environmentally. Based off an article posted on WWF Panda it states how 'clean coal' not only produces many elements that aren't good for our atmosphere, but the more they produce the more it follows and adds to our problem of climate change. Moreover, this article as well explains how the process of clean soil affects habitats as well with it elaborating how the more this goes on the more environmental damage it does with it removing top soil and which then leads to erosion and then causing more air pollution. And as far things go the more budget these power plants get the more gases that would be released and the more   environmental damages there will be. 

However, going back to the New York Times article and seeing the speech that Donald Trump had given in 2018 and the decision making that he made shows how our 'clean coal' is a real issue especially if the system who's budget was cut are the ones trying to solve and come up with a better solution to decrease air pollution from coal itself. Furthermore based on the article given in this article given by the New York Times as well states how not only was the federal funding cut, it was cut dramatically by %85. To follow up more with how this affects our environments throughout the article it talks as well about how coal plants are being more environmental by reducing the amount gases being less and less released into our atmosphere. And regardless that this statement given is somewhat true it is concerned that it won't last long, considering that the coal plant given this production is in Arkansas.

And so after everything that was stated in the paragraphs above this is my way of proving that 'clean coal' is more of a reality rather than be considered a myth. Based off the article of the New York times and the WWF Panda it shows how things are happening in front of us with the pollution and how they're little by little destroying environments. Another reason why I would consider this a real problem is because of how in the article, political administrations are yes trying to make a better outcome of coal plants, but yet refuse to help keep the funding if not increase the funding for a system that is also trying to help the world if anything considering that air pollution doesn't only occur in our country. Issues such as air pollution and climate change are global problems and are not meant to be ignored and not be cared for.

Citations:

Plumer, Brad. “What 'Clean Coal' Is - and Isn't.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 23 Aug. 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/climate/what-clean-coal-is-and-isnt.html.

“Coal.” WWF, https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/teacher_resources/webfieldtrips/climate_change/coal/.