We see all the lies about subsidies supporting renewables, but Trump and the GOP are using taxpayer money to keep very expensive coal fired plants open. Not only that, at the same time the utilities are also raising energy prices for residential customers. So those where coal fired plants are get to pay for them twice.
"The United States is undergoing a dramatic shift in energy policy as Trump wields government's sweeping powers to benefit coal and suppress cleaner alternatives. It could lead to more expensive electricity and dirtier air and set back efforts to curb climate change, according to an Associated Press review of government data and interviews with experts.
Trump officials are using emergency powers to prevent five coal plants from closing. That’s raising ratepayer bills: Keeping one Michigan plant open for about seven months cost $135 million. The administration also is using millions of dollars of taxpayer money to make repairs and extend the lives of other coal plants, while weakening protections against air pollution and, most recently, toxic coal ash."
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