WATCH LIVE: Trump to announce $700 million in coal support

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President Donald Trump is expected to announce roughly $700 million in support for coal-fired power and coal exports on Wednesday at 3 p.m. from the Oval Office.

Coal power was once the nation’s dominant energy source, but it has declined over the past two decades. Trump is expected to use powers from the Cold War-era Defense Production Act, which allows the president to boost private industrial production deemed important to U.S. security.

At the same time, the Environmental Protection Agency has rolled back various Biden-era anti-pollution measures to meet rising energy demands from artificial intelligence and lower costs from the war in Iran.

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