Trump talks big, but coal is dead

It just doesn’t make economic sense to mine it and use it as an energy source anymore—government intervention or not.

A coal pile near Ulan, Australia. U.S. President Donald Trump's pro-coal policies won't have a big impact on efforts to curb global greenhouse gas emissions, argues Gwynne Dyer.Max Phillips photograph courtesy of Jeremy Buckingham MLC

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

April 5, 2017

LONDON, U.K.—“My administration is putting an end to the war on coal,” said Donald Trump, surrounded by the usual gaggle of officials and (in this case) coal miners, as he put his super-size signature on the Energy Independence Executive Order. But coal is dying as a major energy source in...

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