Climate Changed
Trump Can’t Rescue His Own Government’s Coal-Fired Power Plants
- Navajo station is second plant scheduled for closure this year
- Interior Department has 24 percent stake in that coal plant
Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump vowed to save coal, and he ordered top administration officials to prevent closures of power plants burning the fossil fuel.
But his administration couldn’t even rescue two coal-fired power plants in which the U.S. government has a direct stake.