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WATCH: Communities say they’re choking on coal dust. The Trump administration doubles down.

Residents living near massive coal terminals and rail lines say dust from uncovered coal piles and trains coats their homes, harms their health and shows no signs of stopping as the Trump administration promotes expanding the coal industry.

TNL staff reporter Shannon Kelleher visited Curtis Bay in South Baltimore to understand how these terminals affect communities. 

Read the full article: As Trump promotes coal, no respite for communities choking on the industry’s dust 

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  • Shannon Kelleher is a staff reporter for The New Lede. Shannon earned her M.S. in science journalism from Boston University in 2015 and her work has been published in The Guardian, Environmental Health News, Mongabay, The Atlantic and others. She has appeared as a guest on the radio show Living on Earth and is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the DC Science Writers Association. Prior to joining TNL in 2022, Shannon wrote news stories and press releases at The American Association for the Advancement of Science. She lives in Washington, DC.

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