Trump signs executive order to boost U.S. coal industry
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The production of coal is cleaner now than it has been historically, but that doesn’t mean it’s clean.
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U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that aims to block the enforcement of state laws passed to reduce the use of fossil fuels and combat climate change.
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