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In total, 289 have closed since 2010 while an additional 241 plants remain open.

President Donald Trump speaks during a South Lawn event to honor the Boston Red Sox May 9, 2019 in Washington, DC.WASHINGTON - Fifty coal-fired power plants have shut in the United States since President Donald Trump came to office two years ago, an environmental organization said on Thursday.

This week, the operators of two coal plants, one in Florida and the other in Utah, announced they would shut their doors within the next few years. A coal power plant that began running in Alaska a few weeks ago is the only new installation to open since Trump took office, the non-profit said. Despite the president's pro-coal rhetoric,"what the Trump administration is offering is false promises," he added.

 

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