President Donald Trump’s rapid and broad support of the coal industryrnis pivoting from not just undoing the legacy of the Obama administration,rnbut also proactively seeking to boost the sector.rnA proposal from the U.S. Department of Energy to help certain coalrnplants recover their full costs was well-received by coal producers, but atrnthe expense of much of the rest of energy sector. The policy is just thernlatest in a string of actions supporting the coal sector including movesrnto repeal the Clean Power Plan, reversing the Stream Protection rule,appointing officials sympathetic to the industry and even helping to arrangerntrade deals with other countries.
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