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TRUMP TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO REVIVE U.S. COAL INDUSTRY
The move will direct the Interior and Energy Departments to support coal production and prevent retirements of existing plants.
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President Trump is set to sign executive orders to boost the coal industry, countering global carbon emission efforts. The move aims to revive coal’s role in U.S. energy amid rising demand. These orders could potentially reclassify coal as a critical mineral and resume coal leasing on federal lands.
On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign executive orders aimed at revitalizing the coal industry, according to information from a senior White House official and additional sources. This decision starkly diverges from global initiatives to reduce carbon emissions.
Currently, coal-fired plants provide less than 20% of U.S. electricity, a dramatic decrease from 50% at the start of the century, largely due to the rise of natural gas production through fracking and growth in renewable energy sources like solar and wind.
These new directives are part of Trump’s campaign promise to bolster U.S. energy production by undoing environmental regulations. As a result, shares in American coal companies Peabody and Core Natural Resources surged by approximately 9% following news of Trump’s forthcoming orders.
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Via Politico: By ARIANNA SKIBELL
The president today announced sweeping executive orders aimed at keeping the geriatric industry alive, including using emergency powers traditionally reserved for wartime to keep open some coal-fired power plants slated for retirement, writes Hannah Northey.
Trump’s moves are far more aggressive than during his first administration.
He is directing federal agencies to prioritize coal leasing on public lands, scrap any policies that shift the nation away from coal, lift barriers to coal mining and exclude coal projects from environmental analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act.
“We’re bringing back an industry that was abandoned,” Trump said today at the White House, lauding “beautiful clean coal.”
Trump’s push is bolstered by fears the country could run out of power to run artificial intelligence data centers, write Peter Behr, Hannah and Jason Plautz. But that may still not be enough to combat market forces and grid operators wary of the president’s capricious policymaking. …
But even with relaxed environmental regulations, electric grid operators — who try to plan decades out — may decide it’s not worth making the long-term investment when cleaner, cheaper fuel is available, especially if Trump’s orders don’t last, Glazer said.
That won’t stop the administration from trying. The White House has spent weeks crafting a series of steps to help the industry stay alive long-term, including allowing utilities to seek exemptions from air pollution regulations.
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The coal sector is also angling to open up Western land — including the Powder River Basin — for more mining, reestablish the National Coal Council and designate metallurgical coal as a critical mineral.
