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Trump's coal plan – neither clean nor affordable

  • Written by Daniel Fiorino, Director of the Center for Environmental Policy, American University School of Public Affairs
Rather than fade into the night, coal plants could stick around longer under Trump's proposal.Duke Energy, CC BY-NC-ND

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