That's almost four times the amount spent
on clean energy advertising in the same time frame.
Not exact matches
'' So far in 2008, the major industry players, Southern Company, Duke
Energy, American Electric Power, the Edison Electric Institute, and American Coalition For
Clean Coal Electricity spent $ 4.0 million
on broadcast and cable television
advertising; $ 0.4 million
on radio
advertising; $ 2.4 million
on print
advertising in magazines and newspapers; $ 0.1 million
on internet
advertising; and $ 0.3 million
on other types of
advertising.
Although the coal industry employed
advertising that focused
on this new of
clean coal in support of current - generation plants, the Department of
Energy's timeline for its Carbon Sequestration Technology Roadmap indicated that even under optimistic assumptions, carbon sequestration would remain primarily in the demonstration stage for at least the coming decade.
But the most interesting part of the segment is an interview with Joe Lucas, head of the American Coalition for
Clean Coal Electricity (nee Americans for Balanced Energy Choices), a coal industry front group that has spent tens of millions of dollars on deceptive advertising and political activities, as well as more than $ 10.5 million to lobby Congress directly on behalf of dirty coal and against legislation to fight global warming and promote clean, renewable electri
Clean Coal Electricity (nee Americans for Balanced
Energy Choices), a coal industry front group that has spent tens of millions of dollars
on deceptive
advertising and political activities, as well as more than $ 10.5 million to lobby Congress directly
on behalf of dirty coal and against legislation to fight global warming and promote
clean, renewable electri
clean, renewable electricity.