Zatrucie wody po powodziach w Alabamie - AFP
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To Go with story by Joshua Melvin: 'Torn': Living with America's top greenhouse gas polluting power plant
David Brasfield Sr., 73, a retired coal worker, speaks with AFP from his home near the Miller coal Power Plant in West Jefferson, Alabama on April 11, 2021. - "When they built this plant they put out the word that it would bring growth to our area," said David Brasfield, 73, who worked four decades in the coal business and put up his house a few years before the plant moved in. "It went the opposite way. The school closed in the early 1990s and since then the community is dying more," he said, but added he doesn't want the plant to shut down because of the jobs. The James H. Miller Jr. site faces no immediate shutdown threat and has the backing of many locals because of the jobs it offers -- despite sending about as much planet warming carbon dioxide into the sky last year as 3.7 million cars. The plant highlights a key problem in counteracting climate change -- even for people who have accepted it is happening, the threat can be overshadowed by pressing daily needs like paying bills. That ongoing battle will bring together world leaders this week in Washington as President Joe Biden works to revitalize a global effort left in chaos by his predecessor Donald Trump. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
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