Trump orders Pentagon to buy coal power as polluting fuel struggles to survive

Washington Post: Experts warn that the administration’s efforts to revive coal threaten to raise electricity prices for all ratepayers and to drive significant air and water pollution from particulate matter and toxic chemicals, as well as carbon emissions.

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The executive order Trump signed Wednesday, which does not specify how much the Pentagon will spend, directs defense officials to preference coal in long-term energy contracts. It states that “coal is essential to our national and economic security” and that it is “imperative” for the Pentagon to “prioritize the preservation and strategic utilization of coal-based energy assets.”…