Climate Changed
Trump’s Plan to Save Coal May Put Lives at Risk From Pollution
- Nonprofit analysis finds air pollution surge due to plan
- White House proposes to keep coal, nuclear plants running
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The Trump administration’s plan to keep money-losing power plants open would save coal mining jobs but at the same time unleash more pollution that would cost lives, according to a new analysis.
For every 4.5 coal mining jobs supported by the drafted policy, one American would die from the surge in air pollution tied to generating electricity from the fossil fuel, according to modeling by the independent, nonprofit research group Resources for the Future.