silence7 to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoU.S. to Limit Deadly Mining Dust as Black Lung Resurgeswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down13cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkU.S. to Limit Deadly Mining Dust as Black Lung Resurgeswww.nytimes.comsilence7 to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoIn case anyone is surprised: We’ve got record breaking fossil fuel production in America, and while we’re not burning it here what’s happening is even worse. We’re using even more fossil fuels to ship all that heavy ass coal to China where they burn it. So it’s even worse than if we were burning it right outside the mine, and mining more coal despite not using it in America.
minus-squareBeardedBlaze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months ago16% of our power in 2023 was produced by burning coal, here.
In case anyone is surprised:
We’ve got record breaking fossil fuel production in America, and while we’re not burning it here what’s happening is even worse.
We’re using even more fossil fuels to ship all that heavy ass coal to China where they burn it.
So it’s even worse than if we were burning it right outside the mine, and mining more coal despite not using it in America.
16% of our power in 2023 was produced by burning coal, here.