Three Steps Backwards

With rising oil and gas csts, coal is returning as the fuel of choice.

The only problem is that coal energy is the biggest contributor to carbon emissions which causes global warming.

NYT: Europe Turns Back to Coal, Raising Climate Fears

...Italy’s major electricity producer, Enel, is converting its massive power plant here from oil to coal, generally the dirtiest fuel on earth.

...European countries are expected to put into operation about 50 coal-fired plants over the next five years...

...critics say that “clean coal” is a pipe dream, an oxymoron in terms of the carbon emissions that count most toward climate change.