President Donald Trump signed four executive orders earlier this week aimed at reviving America’s ailing coal industry. POLITICO’s Cat Morehouse breaks down how Trump is trying to save the coal industry and the potential impacts on America's energy sector. Plus, the Trump administration is canceling funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the entity that produces the federal government’s signature climate change study.

Catherine Morehouse is an energy reporter for POLITICO.

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