Trump’s coal plan would boost mining jobs, but also premature deaths, says new study

Published July 5, 2018 8:25pm ET



President Trump’s push to save coal-fired power plants would put miners back to work, but it would also cause more premature deaths that could cancel out those benefits, according to a new study by environmental economists.

Resources for the Future issued the study Thursday focused on the effects of the Trump administration’s proposal on emissions, mortality from those emissions, and coal mine jobs.

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