Carbon Emissions

Although the coal found in Western Canada tends to burn cleaner than most other coals, because of its low sulfur content, it still produces a lot of carbon emissions (Alberta Energy, 2007). Coal production is actually the largest contributor of man-made CO2 into the atmosphere (Environmental effects of coal, n.d.).

Alberta Energy. (2007). What is coal? Retrieved December 1, 2010, from http://www.energy.alberta.ca/coal/645.asp.

 

Environmental Effects of Coal. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved December 5, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_effects_of_coal.