E&E News: ‘This Is Not Normal’: Trump Leans on MAGA Organizer to Revive Coal

QAnon conspiracy theorist leading Trump obsession is 'not normal': insiders

Over the course of his political career, President Donald Trump has spoken often of his desire to revive “clean, beautiful coal,” pushing for greater emphasis on the increasingly outdated energy source while stifling renewable energies like wind and solar. Now, according to Politico, Trump has a controversial far-right activist leading his coal efforts, in a move that has insiders declaring, “This is not normal.”According to Politico, “A man the…

Trump's point man on major coal comeback plan is completely unknown QAnon conspiracist

The man at the center of the Trump administration's flagship coal revival project has no background in energy, no track record in power generation and no profile among the industry insiders his project will need to convince.What Alex Phillips does have is a long history in the fringes of the MAGA mo...

E&E News: ‘This is not normal’: Trump leans on MAGA organizer to revive coal

The Energy Department is giving millions to a company partially led by a far-right activist and telecom executive to build the nation’s first coal-fired power plant since 2013.