Why Is America Betting on Coal Again?

Politics is bringing back a fuel that markets had moved on from

Earlier this month, the Department of Energy posted something unusual to its social media accounts. Using a line from the television show Love Island, the post declared, “A hot new bombshell has entered the villa,” alongside a meme with a lump of coal. Elsewhere on its feed: a compilation video of President Trump praising “clean, beautiful coal,” set to…