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Utah legislator calls coal plants ‘giant air filters,’ but is he full of hot air?

Air coming out is cleaner than the air going in? The science says otherwise.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Colin Jack, R-St. George, during a meeting of the House Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Committee at the Capitol, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Jack told colleagues that coal-fired power plants act like "giant air filters" and clean the air.