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Kentucky is among the states blocking climate action. As weather gets more extreme, its residents — and U.S. taxpayers — are paying a price.
While the U.S. produces more fossil fuels than ever and sells them to the rest of the world, climate change increasingly makes its presence known through heat waves, wildfires, droughts and floods.
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Published — September 4, 2019
While ‘zombie’ mines idle, cleanup and workers suffer in limbo
As the governor of West Virginia and other mine owners warehouse their operations and avoid cleanup, the Trump administration stifles attempts to write rules that could restrict the practice.
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