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President Trump has promised to end the "war on coal" and bring back jobs in the coal mines. Coal production remains a source of cheap electricity around the world but it's up against the rising availability of natural gas and increasingly competitive renewable energy. Razia Iqbal spoke to coal industry representatives, Benjamin Sporton and Bill Raney, and China environment expert, Isabel Hilton, about whether coal has a bright future.

(A coal mine worker in Italy by Angelo Cucca/AFP/GettyImages)