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Political Factoid
"The Appalachian and Rust Belt
states [with] their more lenient
rules on pollution from coal plants,
factories and tailpipes
... [allowed] those state
economies to profit from
cheap energy while their
smog and soot have been
carried eastward by
prevailing winds."*
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And causing more than 30,000
premature deaths and hundreds
of thousands of illnesses each year.
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