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The good, the bad and the ugly in President Trump's coal plans

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Donald Trump has issued orders to start digging and burning more of "beautiful, clean coal" The "good" thing about coal is that it is cheap, reliable and abundant.

But coal is a disaster for the climate - releasing more planet-heating carbon dioxide than oil and gas.

The world pledged to "phase down" coal at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in 2021 .

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informal

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English

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37

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