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Trump may intervene in the power markets to keep coal and nuclear plants running. Does that make sense?

  • Written by James Van Nostrand, Director, Center for Energy and Sustainable Development; Professor of Law, West Virginia University
Trump may intervene in the power markets to keep coal and nuclear plants running. Does that make sense?The Indian Point nuclear power station outside New York City will be decommissioned by 2021. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

President Donald Trump recently ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take “immediate steps” to stop the closure of coal and nuclear power plants.

And according to a draft memo that surfaced the same day, the federal...

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