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Josh Freed

Josh Freed is vice president of the Clean Energy Program at Third Way, the centrist think tank.

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EXACTA OF DEATH

Trump’s Coal Plan Will Kill Children, Won’t Create Jobs

The idea was supposed to be that, well, people may die, but it’ll revive the industry. But it won’t. Our source on that? Trump’s own EPA.

Lindsey Walter

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