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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Orders Defense, Energy Departments To Reinvest In Coal
Miners' black lung, silicosis, COPD, tuberculosis, and lung cancer.
— Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. (@drjanicekirsch.bsky.social) 2026-02-13T00:28:34.338Z
And 100,000 Americans die annually from air pollution.
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Trump Orders Defense, Energy Departments To Reinvest In Coal (Original Post)
applegrove
3 hrs ago
OP
I'm sure this had nothing to do with that phony "Mr Clean Coal" trophy thing he got. NOOOO.
Marie Marie
3 hrs ago
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C_U_L8R
(49,143 posts)1. No need to pave the roads anymore
as it seems were heading back to horse and buggies.
spanone
(141,233 posts)2. He insists on killing humans. He's so fucking demented.
Mz Pip
(28,395 posts)3. My grandfather was a coal miner
He was 41 when he died. Came to America to build aa better life. Died 6 years later.
Wasnt a lot of the opioid crisis generated by doctors prescribing opioids to people suffering from lung disease from beautiful clean coal?
Those mine owners must be funneling millions to Trump to keep this industry alive.
Marie Marie
(11,079 posts)4. I'm sure this had nothing to do with that phony "Mr Clean Coal" trophy thing he got. NOOOO.
tanyev
(48,918 posts)5. What next, a big gold trophy from the Buggy Whip Consortium?
Swede
(38,811 posts)6. It's incredible to see the leader of the free world, largest economy on earth, absolutely spike it's place in the world.
Empires fall, and we're watching the self immolation of this one, in real time.
