The New York Times: “Five Takeaways from Trump’s Plan to Rescue Coal”

Peer-reviewed research by Joshua Linn and Kristen McCormack is cited in this article about the Trump administration’s recent executive order.

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April 9, 2025

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Media Highlight

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the New York Times

According to a 2019 study in The Rand Journal of Economics, energy markets and low natural gas prices accounted for nearly all the declines in coal plant profitability between 2005 and 2015, as well as the resulting retirement of hundreds of coal-fired power plants. “Environmental regulations had little effect on these outcomes,” the study found.

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Joshua Linn

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Josh Linn is a senior fellow at RFF. His research centers on the effects of environmental policies and economic incentives for new technologies in the transportation, electricity, and industrial sectors.

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