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Trump to endorse coal for data center power in the face of grim market realities


President Donald Trump is reportedly set to sign an executive order aimed at boosting coal's flagging fortunes.

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Tuesday aimed at boosting coal’s flagging fortunes, reports Bloomberg. The order will direct the federal government to list coal as a critical mineral and force some coal-fired power plants that had faced closure to keep generating electricity. The Trump Administration is expected to couch the directive as part of an effort to ramp up electricity production as demand from data centers surges.

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