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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 12 days ago

Trump’s Push to Keep Coal Plants Open Is Costing Hundreds of Millions | Costs have been mounting in the year since the Trump administration began directing aging coal plants to stay open.

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Trump’s Push to Keep Coal Plants Open Is Costing Hundreds of Millions | Costs have been mounting in the year since the Trump administration began directing aging coal plants to stay open.

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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 12 days ago
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    Making America’s Lungs Black Again!!!

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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      quite literally

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        “Most people think coal mining is a thing of the past,” said Deanna Istik, CEO of Lungs at Work, a black lung clinic in Washington County, Pennsylvania. “Meanwhile, we see more people being diagnosed with black lung disease than we ever have before.”

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      No, they take the coal and clean it first. Can’t get black lung from that

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    Where is doge for this waste?

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