It begins: Coal mine is opening soon.

[Joe941]

Environment going down the tubes under tRump! He really doesn't care about our future does he?

http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/01/investing/coal-mine-trump-paris-speech/index.html

[Lochloosa]

1. I heard about this last week. This is a special type coal used in steel manufacturing.

The rest of the story

[Orrex]

2. So we'll be sending the coal to China, then?

[Lochloosa]

4. Lol. Yep

[underpants]

3. Exactly

Still it can't be good for the environment

[matt819]

5. And how many new jobs is it creating?

In the real world, not 45-world.

[atreides1]

6. 70-100

I did notice that the article failed to point out the number of still unemployed mine workers, in that area!!!

[marylandblue]

7. It's a very small mine

And steel making still requires coke from coal. There isn't a solar powered option.