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Run a coal furnace next to his home and ventilate it through his house.

I support the EU to export their (toxic) waste to the US where it can be burned using US coal.

The f'ing idiots are running the asylum. And the king idiot sits in the White House playing with his mushroom.

Clean coal. It’s the same type of oxymoron as smart Republican.

Plants can only absorb so much CO2. If there is too in the atmosphere it will result in heat being trapped. That in turn will cause climate change.

so I guess MAGA will now ban teaching of basic chemistry since 'woke chemistry' is undermining the coal industry. well, at least Trump isn't advocating washing it anymore

Shit's rough in the UK, but I feel for our Transatlantic cousins. A great country brought to its knees, solely for the further enrichment of Donald Trump, his awful family and all his pedophile chums.

Clean, beautiful, American coal. lol It’s going to be hard to explain this time in American history to our grandchildren lol @chriscillizza.bsky.social @whitehouse-47.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social

Ah yes, black lung. Very clean.

very Republican

These guys need to be locked in a classroom until they understand the greenhouse effect.

Arguing over whether it's a "pollutant" or not misses the point. That is only relevant if you want to regulate it using existing laws that were written before we understood the damage it can cause when levels get too high.

There is nothing clean about coal, just drive thru the mountains of West Va and you’ll see how dirty coal is and how it pollutes the environment.

So clean it causes leukemia, stillbirths, other lung diseases, other cancers...

Does he believe this shit?

There is no such thing as clean coal

"I have no brain, no need for it !".

It sounds like he wants to have sex with coal.

everyone is 12 years old

Hahaha - right, because when burning coal, only CO2 is emitted. 🤡

But as we continue to deforest and remove green spaces those plants that need our CO2 can't absorb enough of it. How many humans breathing naturally does it take to equal the emissions produced by one coal burning plant? CO2 was never a pollutant? Stupid.

Dirt isn’t a pollutant either But the water becomes undrinkable if you dump 5 million tons of dirt into it.

CO2 isn’t a pollutant but excessive amounts cause warming of the atmosphere. That’s the problem

If only he says it enough times, it will be true!

Burgum is dumb as fuck.

Other than presumably being a sentient human being, Burgum has nothing in his background to suggest he knows anything about the science of climate change.

Jesus. They’ve been trying this talking point since the 80s.

Clean coal Like Oranges clean Depends

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Cool. Do the rest of this interview with a plastic bag over your head.

So Burgum would be cool if someone shit in his mouth?

Um, I beg your entire pardon, Doug. WTF Maybe we should start watering the fields with Brawndo too 🤦‍♀️

Can a 5th grader give him a quick lesson please?

If they have to continually insist that coal is clean and beautiful, maybe it's because most of us have noticed that it isn't.

OMG - are these guys from the Middle Ages!

wonder that man ever went to school and paid attention in class

Someone should stick a plastic bag over his head and let him "thrive" with more CO2.

Are they really this dumb? Or do they think we are? Bring back science.

Trump, fighting for Black Lung’s big comeback!

They literally want to.send yiu back to the coal mines

The great manipulator class. It’s dialogue like this that makes children take candy from strangers. This is their thing.

This is beyond breathtakingly stupid.

Here we go with billionaires bitching about those pesky regulations again. Their profits mean more than public health or safety. They'd gladly gut the Earth for another dollar. #FuckTheGOP

Everyone loves smog

The ash, sulfur and mercury are fringe benefits.

Wait what? 😳

The stupid… it burns.

this is what a kakistocracy looks like

This is a 25 year old talking point from climate change deniers in the early 2000s and it always was one of the most embarrassing stupid claims

I don't honestly think there is any chance of redemption for the GOP.It appears that they support virtually everything that the rest of the sane world has moved on from.

I'm waiting for him to opine on how wonderful water is the next time there is a huge flood.

This guy is smart enough to know that what he is saying is nonsense, but it is only performative for the MAGA crowd as they will believe anything their leaders will say.

Too bad the person in charge of most of the USA public lands doesn't understand science. This is pathetic.

Cool story, Bro! 'Burning fossil fuels releases major greenhouse gases like Carbon Dioxide, plus other pollutants such as Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and particulate matter, contributing significantly to climate change and air pollution'.

[emits history’s longest loudest sigh]

And at the same time killing any solar or wind projects and electric car sales. Can anyone actually be this stupid?

That old chestnut is so stupid and wrong how can anyone repeat it with a straight face? There is no such thing as clean coal unless you want to pay 3 or 4 times more for electricity. And natural gas is cheaper than dirty (but less dirty than years ago) coal, and is inherently cleaner burning.

The industial revolution started in England with water power, then with coal burning steam engines. Then coal generated electicity. Decades ago the whole place actually smelled like coal. The last deep coal mine in the UK closed about a decade ago, and the last strip mine a couple years ago.

His view is insane in at least 4 ways. 1) Coal extraction directly harms the environment and endangers workers. 2) CO2 causes global warming. 3) Burning coal causes air pollution, e.g. particulates. 4) Coal is one of, if not the most expensive forms of energy. He literally could not be more wrong!

JFC these people would sell their own mothers to make a buck, and appease Rump

it's funny though how more CO2 in the atmosphere leads to warmer temperatures that plants do not grow well in, especially those crop plants we depend on to feed us...

He followed up with “And that is why stripping the world of trees is a good thing”

This is the dumbest fucking thing I've read today.

No need to go to 100% when 10% is immediately deadly and 4-5% is deadly enough. Just need a little taste.

Why CO2, lets put in room full of Oxygen

I came here to say just this.

and slowly fill the room with water

At what point will he die? Asking for a friend 🤪😉

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbogen

Don't forget to add some plants. 👍

Would be simpler to hand him a plastic bag and ask him to seal it over his head, to show us all how safe it is to breathe CO2.

When God handed out intelligence, this guy wasn't standing in the front row.

God the insanity

They’re all really fucking stupid.

What if you cut down all the trees

Memo to Burgum. This is a lung with Black Lung Disease. From coal. Coal is not clean.

How does he feel selling out his children and future grandchildren?

No one has ever called coal clean or beautiful.

"Water is not a danger. We need water to live and thrive. All this talk about floods killing people, and rising sea levels inundating coastal cities, it's all really just an opportunity for more thriving."

I dare him to breathe in from a hose of CO2 and let’s see how long he lasts …

They’re saying it on television not in private. It’s still all theater.

Stick your head in a plastic bag and breath for a bit….tell me how long you live doing that

What an idiot.

Wait until he learns what too much 'good' oxygen does to the human body or that too much 'life-sustaining' water can kill you.

Lol God damn!

American coal: Not just clean, but beautiful. www.healio.com/news/pulmono... www.iaenvironment.org/newsroom/ene...

FFS Are we really doing this in 2026?

CO² is the primary greenhouse gas contributing to global warming & extreme weather events. Humans emitt 1.45-2.0 lbs of CO² per day. A vehicle in the U.S. emits approx 25-26 lbs of CO² per avg work day. But yeah, let's ignore the science with Bullshit. 😡

Clean coal is in the same league as clean turds.

I’m losing my fucking mind

Dunning something

"CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow." Guess Burgum believes human life is not worth more than a plant. It's these kind of idiots ppl elect to make laws for all US? Humans can't survive of CO2, does he think Apollo 13 was fake?

How many breaths of CO2 is he willing to take in order to prove this?

Zero concept of science or evolution.

Propagandist Idiot

New GOP ad campaign, 'We're helping feed the plants, for a greener world!...with coal'

The GOP hasn't changed much since Reagan said trees polute more than cars.

In fairness, Burgum was probably dropped on his head as a child … repeatedly. Seriously - this is like arguing that hurricanes aren’t bad, because we need water to live.

Bullshit, Burgum. Liar.

And what other pollutants You know some of these former governors need to be disallowed to be in conveying clodhopper comments They figured they hooked themselves into DJT goon that will allow them to enjoy more stomp power Every generation becomes smarter & figure out the past goons to avoid

Dragging us backwards every fucking day. The world advances and the stupid old men leading this shitshow want it to be 1950. Or 1850 depending on the topic at hand.

Coin operated human

I once dared one of these "CO2 is a natural waste product" schlubs to name me one other waste product I was supposed to be keen to take back into my body by the same route it left. He failed. (Laughed, but failed.)

Ah, the good old home skoolin’ kicking in there… I’ll bet they’ll find a passage in their bible that supports their argument.

People saying this need to put a plastic bag over their head..

bring back child labour and chimney sweeps while you're at it.

This is so unbelievably disingenuous. Or he’s an idiot! Then again both can be true.

Burgum should go sit in a room full of pure CO2.

Doug Burgum knows he's lying but his calculus is I'm so rich no matter what happens as a result of climate change I will be dead long before the major effects occur and my family will have generational wealth to be able to live where it is safe to live and will not be majorly impacted

Just when you think they couldn't say anything more ignorant, they spring this whopper on us. And you know that the brain dead maga all agree and applaud this imbeciles statement. FYI, we DO NOT breathe out 100% CO² ! 🙄

I keep wondering if these people have grandchildren. The grandchildren will grow up to recognize the gaslighting, and their future will be harmed, and they will be angry and ashamed. Don’t these people have one drop of humanity in them? Apparently not.

👍👏accurately

It’s a consequence of unregulated out of control capitalism. They’re fine destroying the entire planet if they get 4 more quarters of growth and record profits. They’ll cut down Sequoia National Park just to save on lumber costs. Nothing is sacred. Profit is all that matters.

Look, I'd love for them to stop prioritizing profits over everything, but in lieu of that can they at least move on from the dumbest takes and put just a little more effort into their grift beyond "trees need CO2" "winter means no global warming"? 🙄

Humans shit and plants thrive on it. Now he tries to feed it to us.

Republicans lie. edition.cnn.com/2015/02/26/p...

There are none so stupid as those who refuse to think.

I hate these people and their anti-intellectualism.