4 incredibly wrong things Trump said about coal as he touted its comeback

The production of coal is cleaner now than it has been historically, but that doesn’t mean it’s clean.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed four executive orders designed to boost the U.S. coal industry, outlining steps to protect coal-fired power plants and expedite leases for coal mining on U.S. land. But in touting the benefits of coal, he misrepresented several aspects of its safety and use.