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"Trump Rebuffs Coal Industry; CEO Claims Promise Broken"

"The Trump administration has rejected a coal industry push to win a rarely used emergency order protecting coal-fired power plants, a decision one executive said breaks a personal promise from President Donald Trump to take the extraordinary step to benefit the industry."

Source: AP, 08/22/2017

"Trump’s Interior Department Moves To Stop Mountaintop Removal Study"

"Trump administration officials have told the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to halt a review of the increased public health risks faced by Appalachian residents who live near mountaintop removal coal-mining sites, the academies revealed in a statement issued Monday."

Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail, 08/22/2017

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