To help the struggling coal industry, President Trump used his executive authority to try to keep aging plants alive and burn more coal for electricity.

U.S. President Donald Trump is advocating for increased coal production in the United States, however, reviving decommissioned coal plants to meet this goal makes "no economic sense", the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said on Thursday.

Trump wants to reopen a coal-fired Arizona power plant that just shut down. Arizona Republicans say the action will revive rural communities.