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Trump rolls back Obama-era coal restrictions

The announced proposals roll back regulations limiting emissions from coal-fired plants.

The announced proposals roll back regulations limiting emissions from coal-fired plants. This evening President Trump tweeted about 'clean coal'. So what is clean coal? A question for Mary Ann Hitt, Director of the Beyond Coal Campaign at the environmental group the Sierra Club. Our reporter in Singapore examines how significantly a trade war between China and the United States is likely to affect China's Asian neighbours. We get a markets update from Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading of New Jersey. The Russian parliament has been debating a controversial increase in retirement age. Denis Volkov is a sociologist and head of the Levada Centre in Moscow, which conducts political polling, and tells us why the issue has become so contentious. Also in the programme, our reporter visits Pennslyvania to investigate public housing in the United States. Plus as Jamaican sprint champion Usain Bolt hopes to transfer to playing professional football, our reporter considers how likely he is to succeed.

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