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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 years ago

What harm could one coal mine do? Plenty – 1.7 million Hiroshima bombs of heat for starters

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What harm could one coal mine do? Plenty – 1.7 million Hiroshima bombs of heat for starters

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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 years ago

Australia is approving coal mine expansions because of their “very small” impact on global heating. It doesn’t stack up.

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