WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, a reliable but polluting energy source that\u2019s long been in decline.
\nUnder the four orders, Trump uses his emergency authority to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement to keep producing electricity to meet rising US power demand amid growth in data centers, artificial intelligence and electric cars.
\nTrump also directed federal agencies to identify coal resources on federal lands, lift barriers to coal mining and prioritize coal leasing on US lands.
\nTrump, a Republican, has long promised to boost what he calls \u201cbeautiful\u201d coal to fire power plants and for other uses, but the industry has been in decline for decades.
\n\u201cI call it beautiful, clean coal. I told my people, never use the word coal unless you put beautiful, clean before it,\u201d Trump said at the White House signing ceremony where he was flanked by coal miners in hard hats. Several wore patches on their work jackets that said \u201ccoal.\u201d
\n\u201cPound for pound, coal is the single most reliable, durable, secure and powerful form of energy,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s cheap, incredibly efficient, high density, and it\u2019s almost indestructible.\u201d
\nTrump\u2019s orders also direct Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to \u201cacknowledge the end\u201d of an Obama-era moratorium that paused coal leasing on federal lands and require federal agencies to rescind policies transitioning the nation away from coal production. And they seek to promote coal and coal technology exports, and accelerate development of coal technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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