Trump's Coal Bailout Could Cause Spike in Deaths From Pollution

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By Climate NexusJul 6, 2018, 12:07 pm101 pts
The Trump administration's plan to bail out coal and nuclear industries could cause one American death from pollution for every two to four additional coal jobs generated over the next two years, according to new research. A study released Thursday from Resources for the Future, a nonpartisan think tank, finds…

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