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"Trump Rebuffs Coal Industry; CEO Claims Promise Broken"

"The Trump administration has rejected a coal industry push to win a rarely used emergency order protecting coal-fired power plants, a decision one executive said breaks a personal promise from President Donald Trump to take the extraordinary step to benefit the industry."

Source: AP, 08/22/2017

"Trump’s Interior Department Moves To Stop Mountaintop Removal Study"

"Trump administration officials have told the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to halt a review of the increased public health risks faced by Appalachian residents who live near mountaintop removal coal-mining sites, the academies revealed in a statement issued Monday."

Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail, 08/22/2017

"Broader Relaxation Of Environmental Rules Seen Coming From Foxconn"

"Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to exempt Foxconn from state wetland restrictions may do more to attract smaller developments in the future than it will to lure the electronics giant to Wisconsin, critics of the plan say."

Source: Wisconsin State Journal, 08/21/2017

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