Climate Changed
Trump Bailout of Coal Plant in Gas Country Has Locals Shrugging
- Murray Energy lobbied Energy Department for financial help
- FirstEnergy considering sale even with government payments
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Amy Coombs, who’s lived across the street from Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant for going on five decades, isn’t exactly overflowing with sentiment at its decline.
“As far as the dirt and the pollution,” she said, “I wouldn’t miss that at all.”