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canetoad

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3. It is, and an insulting one too

Reply to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 04:33 PM

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This used to be a coal town, but the mine was closed 45 years ago. In hot, calm weather such as we're having now, the shale oil seeps almost imperceptibly out of the rocks and can be seem as a faint haze on the surface of rock pools. A reminder of how polluting it is.

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Clean Coal [View all] canetoad Sunday OP

Lovely photos. greatauntoftriplets Sunday #1

It is, and an insulting one too canetoad Sunday #3

That sounds awful. greatauntoftriplets Sunday #6

Yes! Love the bonus pix. brer cat Sunday #2

I am bc, and hope you are too! canetoad Sunday #4

I think the orange asshole really believes they wash the coal to make it "clean." rsdsharp Sunday #5