As a result, the ultimate effect of the Trump EPA move could be limited. Roughly 40% of the nation’s coal-fired power plants have shut or announced plans to close, according to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a coal-industry trade group. It talks about the state of a power industry in which coal is losing ground to other energy sources. While the proposal meets many of the headline demands the coal industry has made for years, Mr. Wheeler, himself a former coal industry lobbyist, denied it is designed specifically to save coal. “But the policies are not going to bring back coal.”States would have broad power to regulate, or even forgo regulating, coal-fired power plants.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 20, 2018 22:18 UTC