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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 25 days ago

Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy. | Coal has been displaced by cheap and plentiful natural gas and the rapid growth of wind and solar energy

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Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy. | Coal has been displaced by cheap and plentiful natural gas and the rapid growth of wind and solar energy

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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 25 days ago
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Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy.
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Coal has been displaced by cheap and plentiful natural gas and the rapid growth of wind and solar energy — forces that President Trump will struggle to do away with.
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    https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/03/trump-administration-moves-shutter-mine-safety-offices-coal-country/404175/

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      Yeah, it’s about fetishization of harm, not anything resembling good policy

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