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Trump orders immediate steps to boost coal plants [View all]
Jun 3, 2018
Joselyn King
Education Writer, With AP Dispatches
jking@theintelligencer.net
WHEELING — President Donald Trump said Friday he believes the nation’s coal-fired and nuclear plants are vital to national security, and he directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take “immediate steps” to keep them open.
Both Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Rep. David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., have been encouraging Trump to use his power under the Defense Production Act and the Federal Power Act to protect power plants already investing in emissions control.
The Defense Production Act gives the president powers to assure the nation can produce whatever resources are necessary in the time of national need.
The Trump Administration has determined coal-fired are vital to the protection of the nation’s energy grid, according to a statement released Friday by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
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http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2018/06/trump-orders-immediate-steps-to-boost-coal-plants/
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