PBS NewsHour

Will new clean energy rule change outlook for American coal?

Clip: 06/20/2019 | 5m 45s | Video has closed captioning.

President Trump is keeping a signature pledge to roll back environmental regulations as part of his goal of boosting the coal industry. His new Affordable Clean Energy rule favors incremental improvements and grants discretion to individual states to determine whether their coal-fired power plants require upgrades. Amna Nawaz talks to The Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin about what happens next.