Hope for cleaner coal plants

Coloradans may soon have reason to applaud California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for a leading role as an environmental action hero.

But before California’s Public Utilities Commission can embrace the idea, it needs the governor’s OK. Schwarzenegger should say “yes” for the region’s sake as well as California’s. Indeed, California’s example could prod other states, including Colorado, to similarly encourage use of clean-coal technologies.