The head of the largest privately-owned coal company in the world, Peabody Energy, admitted to his company’s support of the massive green-washing project by the coal industry in a USA Today article today.

So, have you heard about Climate Camp? It's a name that's making news, and if you happen to be on the British side of the pond, you can join up activists from all walks of life to raise awareness about that dirty, dirty energy source known as coal. Greenpeace UK tells us:

Over at the Clean Coal Front Group Soapbox (er, blog), ACCCE Vice President of Communications Joe Lucas has a new post entitled:

All New Technologies Take Time to Develop

Mark your calendars! On Thursday, July 17, 2008, the coal industry front group "American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity" (ACCCE) is co-sponsoring a conference in Hope, Arkansas.

From the press release:

As Ross Gelbspan blogged today, the Group of Eight (G-8) has pledged to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2050. It makes for great headlines, but the small print shows several things: they failed to set a short term emissions reduction goal, and a large part of their Grand Forty-Two Year Plan is to go "low-carbon" by - you guessed it - using carbon capture and sequestration, also known as the "clean coal" pipe dream.

Anyone who has ever visited the southwestern state of New Mexico understands why the state's nickname is "The Land of Enchantment".  From the vast grasslands in the south, to the Rio Grande Gorge and Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the north, it is a land of incredible beauty and wildlife, unique ecosystems, and cultural diversity.

The mandate of this site is very simple: To debunk the myth of "clean coal."

"Coal is Dirty and its affiliate site Coal is Clean are a joint project managed by The DeSmog Project, Rainforest Action Network and Greenpeace USA.