‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival. Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/29/trump-coal-country

by The_Weekend_Baker

8 comments

  1. Most of the article is essentially the face-eating leopard meme, like this:

    >It sits at the heart of the Bible belt, which once voted loyally with Democrats 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.

    And this:

    >“These are not frivolous things: these are basic services. And when you work hard for two or three years to secure federal funds, you expect it to be delivered,” said Lou Ann Wallace, Dante’s representative on the Republican-controlled Russell county board of supervisors.

    >“I don’t think the president knew. I’m one of his biggest supporters, but we’re dealing with the ills of industry here, and we’ve got to be able to clean this up so our people in these hollers can have a quality of life.”

  2. Oh, he knew alright.

    When will you ever stop making excuses for your choices.

    Own up to it and resist. Take back your country.

    Or keep your mouth closed and enjoy the ride.

  3. Oh no! If it isn’t exactly what I voted for! At least they’ve got plenty of Trump merch to cry into 🤷🏻‍♂️

  4. They’ll vote Republican again don’t worry that’ll fix it

  5. Hillary campaigned in West Virginia promising billions in clean energy investment and retraining, they said no thanks, then Biden earmarked billions and their guy kills it. Fool me once, or twice, thrice, it doesn’t matter, Appalacia votes for the most important thing, deporting brown people violently.

  6. “People in Appalachia are used to being let down by the government, but this time we had the money. It was still taken away, and people feel betrayed.” there goes the old “government” letting people down. Darn government. But, Trump, he’s working hard for the people of Appalachia. *BIG EYE ROLL*

  7. that was what he was put there to do.

    those in charge don’t want to compete with china on renewables, they would rather we buy it from them… later… much later… after they are extracted every last ounce of profit from the current fossil fuel based economy.

    these are not smart ppl.

  8. Trump didn’t take anything away from these communities, the communities chose to throw it away vigorously.

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