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Further, coal—particularly soft coal—produces soot, which choked some towns with dangerous particulates.—Clive Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2022 The plants burn soft coal, or lignite, the dirtiest form of the fuel.—New York Times, 23 June 2022
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