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Trump exempts nearly 70 coal plants from Biden-era rule on mercury and other toxic air pollution (apnews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

more mercury in the air means more republican votes next election

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

🖕🇺🇸

Sincerely a 🇨🇦 that doesn’t want to breath in the toxic pollution you’ve just kicked into overdrive.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Go AMER—cough cough.. cough.. blood in my cough.. cough-ICA!

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

When the air is smoggy and people can't breath all you'll have to do is point at the coal plant. Just painting easy targets for all the ecoterrorists who will be popping up over the next 20 years as our government doubles down on death.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Mercury and Arsenic in our CHILDS LUNGS is how you KNOW Were PRO LIFE and PRO KEEPING KIDS aliveorsomething!

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

How did we end up here? Like what the actual fuck, man?

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

Clean air is woke.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 months ago

But if you so much as joke about how maybe we should shoot a couple republican leaders well that's inappropriate violence is BAD, but only when it's visceral and fast. Slow deaths are cool, I guess.