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Liam Denning

Trump Can't Make Coal And Fracking Great Again

Shale gas is competing directly with coal, keeping prices low.

In Donald Trump's quest to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, superlatives tend to outweigh nuance. Anyone in the coal business taking heart from the Republican presidential candidate's speech on energy should keep that in mind.

Trump told his audience in North Dakota on Thursday that he will, in broad terms, roll back the Obama administration's environmental measures and encourage more production of domestic sources of energy, including oil, coal and natural gas. He also promised to "save the coal industry" (which, you may have noticed, is struggling).