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"Trump’s False Claims About Coal, the Environment and West Virginia" [1]

"President Trump claimed that coal was “indestructible,” that West Virginia had one of the strongest state economies and that the U.S. was the “cleanest country in the planet.” None of that was true."

Linda Qiu and John Schwartz report for the New York Times August 21, 2018. [2]

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Public [7]
Source: NY Times [8], 08/23/2018
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump%E2%80%99s-false-claims-about-coal-environment-and-west-virginia [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/us/politics/trump-fact-check-west-virginia-rally.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [8] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/us/politics/trump-fact-check-west-virginia-rally.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/climate