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But on his first day in office, Donald Trump scrapped Biden’s clean energy and environmental programs, which he lambasted as woke, anti-American liberal hoaxes.

The 2022 cash injection came through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Biden’s landmark climate and infrastructure legislation, and was designed to help revitalize and strengthen former coal communities over the long haul.

It was the largest investment in Appalachia since the 1960s’ “war on poverty” under Lyndon Johnson.

but like many blue-collar regions is now part of the loyal Maga base who believed Trump when he pledged to resuscitate coal country and put American first.

Trump has won big in West Virginia in the past three general elections, securing every county in 2024 with an average of 70% of the vote – the highest percentage any party has won in the state’s history. His vote share was even larger in rural counties including Clay and Wayne, which Huntington straddles.

So you'd expect anger at Trump but you'd be wrong !

yet many of those interviewed by the Guardian blame Washington politics generally rather than Trump.

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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

yet many of those interviewed by the Guardian blame Washington politics generally rather than Trump.

Normally I'd offer two in the thoughts and one in the prayers, but in this case, I hope that they marinate in the consequences that they voted for.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Becuase thats what they have been trained to say. They are not even smarter than a dog, they do their trick for trump, but never actually get their treat.

Maga are litterally dumber than dogs.

[–] CapnClenchJaw@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I heard that the clean coal movement was a massive scam, and there's no scientific merit to it.

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just one of hundreds of green washing marketing methods (aka lying).

Just like the term "natural gas", which the industry has pushed so people don't think it's that bad because it's natural. It's methane gas from fossil fuel, which is actually like 80x more potent than carbon dioxide.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

We've got 128MW of 'real' natural gas power in South Australia.

It's methane from the Bolivar sewerage plant.

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Deep MAGA country will kill themselves with dirty air, no jobs (and drug addiction that comes from that), and corporate overreach polluting their food and water, all to "oWn ThE lIbS"

They must be so tired of winning huh. Fuck these idiots, they deserve every piece of suffering they get from this. That's the only way these people ever learn, when it personally impacts them, and even still that might not teach them.

[–] Hazor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I live in the south. All the Republican voters I meet are either people who think they're wealthy enough to benefit from Republican tax policies, or (much more commonly) have been taken up by the propaganda machine and genuinely believe that Trump is a good Christian man who cares about the working class and is tirelessly working to Make America Great Again after immigrants and Obama made it not great.