President Donald Trump has signed executive orders Tuesday aimed at boosting coal, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in decline. Trump will use his emergency authority to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement to keep producing electricity to meet rising U.S. power demand amid growth in data centers, artificial intelligence and electric cars. FRANCE 24’s Siobhan Silke reports.
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