Trump administration to expand coal leasing, fund coal plant upgrades

Gordon cheers Trump's coal revival plan while environmentalists warn of disaster

A $625 million coal spending package, along with more deregulation, will cost ratepayers and result in more deadly emissions, critics say.

BURGUM, ZELDIN, WRIGHT: This is how America will achieve energy dominance

President Trump launched his second term by signing an executive order to restore “American energy dominance," with a strong focus on reviving the coal industry.

Trump’s $625 million coal plan may raise utility bills for millions of Americans

Trump's latest coal maneuver will benefit utilities and coal companies, but it will come at the expense of taxpayers.

Energy Unleashed: $625M Expansion of Coal Industry

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $625 million investment to expand the coal industry in the wake of reindustrialization and the AI race. “Beautiful, clean coal will be essential to powering America’s reindustrialization and winning the AI race,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said. “These funds will help keep our nation’s coal plants operating and will be vital to keeping electricity prices low and the lights on without interruption. Co…

Trump is handing out public land and millions of dollars to revive big coal, sending advocates reeling

While the Trump administration wages war against clean energy, it is now vowing to lease millions of acres of public lands at a discount and spend hundreds of millions of dollars to prop up the most polluting source of electricity: coal.

Trump's coal plan mixes new market and old hurdles

Some analysts are skeptical the multi-agency effort will make a difference.