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Could carbon capturing make ‘clean coal’ a reality?

Clip: 6/14/2017 | 11m 35sVideo has Closed Captions

How this latest technology aims to capture carbon emissions from coal.

Coal is still very much at the center of the debate on the future of energy. For some, the holy grail is a new type of technology that captures some coal carbon emissions. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff to take a closer look at the results coming out of one of the largest fossil fuel power plants in the country and the obstacles stopping them from collecting more.

06/14/2017

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