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

    James Van Nostrand, West Virginia University|Jun 7, 2018

    (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) 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 government may establish a “Strategic Electric Generation Reserve” to purchase electricity from coal and nuclear plants for two years. Both proposals, which have garnered little support, are premise...