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"'Affordable Clean Energy' Plan Won't Save Coal — Analysts"

"President Trump's diluted Clean Power Plan is unlikely to save the coal industry, but it represents a setback for U.S. efforts to address climate change, analysts say.

In removing a government cap on power plant emissions, Trump leaves American climate policy to the whims of the power market, one of the few areas of the economy to post steep emissions reductions in recent years.

The combination of cheap natural gas, stagnating power demand and advancements in wind and solar has prompted a wave of coal plant closures and slashed power-sector emissions. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that U.S. power-sector emissions decreased 24 percent between 2005 and 2016."

Benjamin Storrow reports for ClimateWire August 21, 2018.

SEE ALSO:

"Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. It’s Declining Again" (Bloomberg)

"Experts: Coal’s Decline Imminent, With Or Without Trump's Regulatory Changes" (Charleston Gazette-Mail)

Trump’s New Pollution Rules Still Won’t Save the Coal Industry (New York Times)

Source: ClimateWire, 08/22/2018