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Big coal leaves a big mess. And uses bankruptcy to avoid cleanup. From @davemistich @zachmider @joshfromalaska – a joint @NPR Bloomberg investigation. https://t.co/KMg58a5LiK via @climate
— Howard Berkes (@hberkes) October 17, 2022

Hawaii Gets Its Last Shipment of Coal, Ever

“The state’s last coal-fired power plant will close down in September.”

West Virginia Coal Mine Jobs In 2021 Were Fewest Since 1890

Does Joe Manchin Know That Build Back Better Would Extend Vital Aid for Sick Coal Miners?

“The Black Lung Disability Trust Fund is in danger of insolvency, which could affect industry veterans stricken with the disease.”

John Kerry predicts the U.S. will stop burning coal "by 2030."

Although the Biden administration aims to decarbonize the power sector by 2035, the U.S. did not join a COP26 pledge to phase out coal-fired power plants in the 2030s and '40s. https://t.co/VOuLI3gZRM
— Axios (@axios) November 9, 2021

Former Coal Company Execs to Go on Trial for Skirting Rules

Future historians — if there are any future historians, that is, if civilization doesn't collapse — will be astonished that we let the planet burn for the sake of an industry that employs less than 3 percent of workers even in West Virginia pic.twitter.com/Rg5Fk0tQpe
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 16, 2021

Climate Change is now Climate Changed

"It does feel wrong when your electric bill is more than your mortgage," West Virginia resident Felisha Chase told CNN https://t.co/yGIxqpNZM0
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 19, 2021

Hillary told coal miners the truth. Trump put on a helmet and lied to them.

U.S. coal production declined by 26.5% under Trump to the lowest annual level since 1965. #TrumpsNumbers https://t.co/Y4qttVrqfK
— FactCheck.org (@factcheckdotorg) October 8, 2021

"Coal miners and union advocates from across the country rallied in New York on Wednesday morning in support of Alabama miners who are four months into a strike against their employer, Warrior Met Coal."https://t.co/lrLRiDGZsu
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) July 28, 2021

America’s largest coal-producing state threatens to sue other states that refuse to buy the product

President Trump promised to revive the coal industry, but its decline has only accelerated. A New York Times investigation examines how his efforts failed.https://t.co/AV9SmfOLyZ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 6, 2020

https://twitter.com/jerry_jtaylor/status/1274123184053391360

Trump never got their jobs back and wants to take away their healthcare during a pandemic

Coal and COVID-19: Lung Impairment Makes Miners Especially Vulnerable To Coronavirus

Employment in mining January 2010–January 2020

Trump said the ‘coal industry is back.’ But jobs and production have gone down in Kentucky

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Trump Can’t Save Coal Country

ELEVEN COAL COMPANIES HAVE FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY SINCE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE

Coal plant on tribal land to close after powering US West

BEHIND COAL’S DECLINE: CHEAP NATURAL GAS THREATENS INDUSTRY, DESPITE TRUMP’S PROMISES

‘Make this right’ — A bipartisan bill could save thousands of miners from losing their pensions, but Mitch McConnell is standing in the way pic.twitter.com/5wryJj9d36
— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) October 28, 2019

U.S. Coal Giant That Pressed Trump for Bailout Faces Default

Whistleblower under fire:
This government photographer exercised his First Amendment right to speak freely to the press to report corruption in the Trump administration. Not only did WH officials retaliate against him, they directed him to break the law. pic.twitter.com/AB4MTPaSPU
— Stephanie Kennedy (@WordswithSteph) October 18, 2019