Here’s the one dude defending Trump’s latest bid to save coal

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By Nathanael JohnsonJun 4, 2018, 6:46 pm204 pts
President Trump keeps trying to make coal happen. Last week, he told Energy Secretary Rick Perry to extend a lifeline to unprofitable coal and nuclear plants that are struggling to survive while competing against natural gas plants and renewables. The rationale for propping up these plants? We might need their…

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