A coal-fired power plant in Winfield, West Virginia. — Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times
THE Trump administration has unveiled a coordinated plan to revive the mining and burning of coal – the single largest contributor to climate change worldwide.
Coal use has fallen sharply in the United States since 2005, displaced in many regions by cheaper and cleaner natural gas, wind and solar power.
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