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Can coal clean up its act?

Can we tap the world's vast coal reserves without catastrophic effects on the climate? A British project promises clean coal, but could this £2 billion scheme to build one of the world's biggest carbon capture and storage plants in the north of England be an expensive gamble which might not pay off?

Justin Rowlatt reports.

Broadcast on Tuesday 2 February 2010.

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