Coal is bad. Period. Stop FPL agrees ...

Hat tip to Gimleteye over at Eye on Miami for this post, Coal is bad. Period.

It's a link to and reprint of Bill McKibben's article Why I’ll Get Arrested To Stop the Burning of Coal, originally published at Yale University's 360Environment.

Well worth the read, especially given the lobbying efforts by FPL and others to get the Florida Public Services Commission (PSC) to change the State's definition of "clean energy" to include nuclear and clean coal.

See also our previous posts:

FL PSC says 'clean energy' should include nukes, coal

Florida Comission tells FPL nuclear is not green

FL PSC says 'clean energy' should include nukes, coal

The Miami Herald reports today that she staff of the state's Public Service Commission has recommended redefining renewable energy to include nuclear and clean coal.

Such a redefinition would make it easier for FPL and other electric utilities to comply with a goal set by Gov. Charlie Crist of having 20 percent of all electrical power come from renewable energy by 2020.

Environmentalists are opposed to the redefinition, while FPL immediately expressed its support for the PSC staff recommendation.

Read the full Herald story online, here.