US president accused of ‘putting polluters first’ by invoking Defense Production Act to prop up coal output Donald Trump is using wartime presidential authority to hand $700m to coal-fired power plants in the US, the latest move by the president to bolster what he called “clean, beautiful coal”, despite it being the dirtiest of fossil fuels. “Today, we’re t…

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