One of President Trump’s campaign promises was that he was going to help the struggling coal industry in the U.S. Earlier this month Trump ordered a rescue of the nation’s coal sector and proposed to use emergency powers to force grid operators to buy power from struggling plants. However, his support doesn’t seem to lead to a reconsideration of the policy of power generators to shut down unprofitable plants. Plans to retire old polluting units are not being changed.
Power companies keep shutting coal plants despite Trump’s rescue order
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