Clean Coal, Renewable Supporters Rally In Michigan

The Lansing State Journal reports on the clean energy rallies in Lansing, adding comments from ACCCE Midwest region spokesman Cullen West, who argued, "You can't take coal out of the mix and expect to fuel the economy." West noted that coal "provides 60 percent of Michigan's electricity." Some speakers at the rally called for a tripling of Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm's target for 10 percent of the state's electricity to come from "clean energy" by 2015, saying the target should be 30 percent. West said coal is becoming an increasingly clean technology: "Use of coal in this country has gone up threefold, and in the meantime emissions have gone down 70 percent per unit of energy produced."
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