Trump says administration ‘trying’ to save coal, nuclear plants with emergency powers

Published April 5, 2018 8:31pm ET



President Trump on Thursday said his administration is considering granting a request for an emergency order to save nuclear and coal power plants across the Midwest.

“We’ll be looking at that 202, you know what a 202 is, we’ll be looking at that, we’re trying,” Trump said during off-the-cuff remarks at roundtable event on tax reform in West Virginia.

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