04/09/2025

Trump to Sign Executive Orders to Boost Coal

Coal is a reliable but highly pollutive energy source

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump will sign executive orders aimed at boosting coal, a reliable but polluting energy source that has long been in decline.

According to two senior White House officials, Trump will use his emergency authority to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement to keep producing electricity to meet rising U.S. power demand amid growth in data centers, artificial intelligence and electric cars. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue before the president's announcement.

Trump, a Republican, has long promised to boost what he calls "beautiful, clean" coal to fire power plants and for other uses, but the industry has been in decline for decades.

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