Trump signs executive orders to boost 'beautiful, clean' coal – video

US president Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, the world's most polluting fossil fuel, which has also long been in decline. Under the orders, Trump uses his emergency authority to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement to keep producing electricity to meet rising US power demand amid growth in data centres, artificial intelligence and electric cars

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