‘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.

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.”