There’s no such thing as “clean coal.”

The dumping of coal ash, also called “fly ash,” is unregulated by the EPA. The problem with calling reduced-emission coal burning “clean coal” is that the cleaner the air emitted by the coal power plant, the dirtier the ash becomes.

The ash contains toxic compounds such as arsenic, mercury, and aluminum which can cause cancer if they leach into ground water, and that’s exactly what seems to have happened in eastern Pennsylvania.