Green groups air clean coal's dirty secrets

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Some environmental groups have teamed up as the Reality Coalition to set the record straight about "clean" coal. Echoing a recent New York Times op-ed by Al Gore, a new TV, print and online campaign claims there is no such thing as clean coal. The spot above, from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, gives viewers a tour of a "state-of-the-art clean-coal facility." (It's non-existent.) The tone is sarcastic and injects some humor in an otherwise serious subject.

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