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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Julia Musto

Trump touted his coal production order. Environmentalists say it will harm Americans’ health and wallets

President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at ramping up American coal production this week - but environmental advocates say it will hurt Americans’ wallets and Mother Nature.

The president said the move would revive an industry “that was abandoned despite the fact that it was the best, certainly the best in terms of power, real power.”

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