Sizing up Trump’s military move to revive coal’s fortunes

(Ben Geman, Rebecca Falconer – Axios) The Trump administration is harnessing military purchase power in some of its most aggressive attempts to stem or even reverse coal-fired electricity’s decline. Why it matters: Surging electricity demand and fresh White House support could provide a lifeline to the most CO2-heavy power source. Environmentalists, energy experts and others criticized President Trump’s further acceleration of his fossil fuel drive and warned it would increase energy prices for U.S. families already struggling to pay utility bills.

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