Is the War on Coal Dead Under the Trump Administration? Issue1 #472982 From the rhetoric you might think that there has been a war on coal to date, and that it will now end. Reducing coal use is almost certainly key to a low carbon transition, and the Obama administration did put policies in place to reduce coal use. But they haven't gone into effect. The dramatic hits that the coal sector has taken to date are largely attributable to the plentiful supply of cheap natural gas. And the Trump administration is likely to increase natural gas supplies. |
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