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Republican Cracks Emerge in Trump's Coal-Heavy Energy Plan

  • Support for green power, Paris accord dividing Republicans
  • Debate to play out at Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference

QuickTake: Trump Pushes Coal Revival

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For all Donald Trump’s efforts to revive coal, market forces and some of his own supporters are vying to write their own version of America’s energy future.

Divisions persist among the president’s supporters -- and even within his own cabinet -- about whether to continue subsidies for wind and solar power, enact a carbon tax, remain party to the Paris climate accord and plenty of other issues that will shape the U.S. energy landscape.