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Coal-burning power plants released more mercury last year, according to an analysis by The Times. It reverses a downward trend of emissions of a metal that interferes with brain development.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    The [Trump] administration has encouraged the burning of more coal, which emits more carbon dioxide and other pollutants than other fossil fuels, while also blocking tighter pollution controls on coal-burning plants that were supposed to take effect by 2027. It has directed the Pentagon to buy more coal-powered electricity and reopened millions of acres of federal land to mining while working to stymie nonpolluting energy, like wind and solar power.

    It also ordered some coal-burning power plants to scrap their plans to close, compelling them to remain open instead.

    This is what you voted for protest-non-voters.

    • hume_lemmy@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Santa didn’t bring me everything on my list, so the only thing I could do was burn down my house. Don’t blame me, blame Santa.

    • Tiral@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 days ago

      Then how does China opening 50+ new coal power plants last year alone factor in? I’m guessing a lot more since they currently have four times as many as the US. Also the US hasn’t actually opened a new plant since 2018. So I’m sure burning more coal from the US is a drop in the bucket.

      • pigup@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 days ago

        When it comes to CO2 emissions, China is, of course, the biggest, but US is significant.

        See NASA data from 2021: