We should be going forwatd with clean energy, not backsliding.
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-11T14:29:17.485Z
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2026-02-11T03:01:05.554Z
Trump Bizarrely Touts ‘Clean, Beautiful Coal’ to Child at Christmas
Donald Trump is a wholly owned subsidiary of Big Oil and Big Coal.He's literally stopping coal plants from shutting down after receiving nearly half a billion dollars from the industry during the 2024 campaign.
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) 2026-02-13T16:34:00.121Z
Trump Gets Made-Up “Champion of Coal” Award & Guts EPA Regulationsyoutu.be/7rX5PhQGm9U
— The Daily Show (@thedailyshow.com) 2026-02-13T03:07:16.501Z
And Trump is saying global warming doesn't exist and is pushing coal. Coal. In the meantime other countries like China are eating our lunch with renewable. Just madness.
— Phil Plait (@philplait.bsky.social) 2026-02-13T22:26:37.139Z
the US coal mining industry employees ~50k people. For some perspective, The Gap has about 82,000 employees
— Sky Marchini (@sky.skymarchini.net) 2026-02-12T00:01:13.851Z
Sad! 