While #coal plants once generated nearly half of America’s #electricity, they produced just 16% last year. Hundreds of coal plants have retired since the mid-2000s as utilities switched to #NaturalGas, #wind & #solar power. Stricter #regulations on #air & #water #pollution have also made burning coal more expensive. Coal #mining, which has been linked to significant air pollution & water contamination as well as #BlackLung #disease in coal miners, has also faced increased federal restrictions.

While #coal plants once generated nearly half of America’s #electricity, they produced just 16% last year. Hundreds of coal plants have retired since the mid-2000s as utilities switched to #NaturalGas, #wind & #solar power. Stricter #regulations on #air & #water #pollution have also made burning coal more expensive. Coal #mining, which has been linked to significant air pollution & water contamination as well as #BlackLung #disease in coal miners, has also faced increased federal restrictions.

The announcements came days after #Trump told the #UNGA that the #US would “stand ready to provide any country with abundant, affordable energy supplies if you need them,” referring to liquefied #NaturalGas, #oil & #coal. Trump has promoted the coal industry ever since campaigning frequently with coal miners 2016.

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #PublicHealth #energy

#Coal use has been declining sharply in the #US since 2005, displaced in many cases by #cheaper & cleaner #NaturalGas, #wind & #solar power.

But in a series of steps aimed at improving the economics of coal, the #Interior Dept said it would open 13.1M acres of #federal #land for coal #mining & reduce royalty rates companies need to pay to extract coal. The #Energy Dept said it would offer $625M to upgrade existing coal plants, which have been closing at a fast clip, to extend their life spans.

#GAZA #UKRAINE are tied at the capitalist hip. it is no coincidence that #Netanyahu showed a map with no Palestinian Territories months after #methane #naturalGas deposits were confirmed off the coast of Gaza.

3,000 billionaires are paying for Palestinian and Ukranian #genocide in a vain attempt to wipe-out nations and re-draw maps based on their investments.

#fascism #petromafias

#Oil, #coal and #gas production to bury #climatechange goals
Leaders promised to cut #climate #pollution, then doubled down on #fossilfuels
World producing too much coal, oil and #naturalgas to meet #ParisAgreement targets, in which countries agreed to limit climate pollution and avoid worst effects of #globalwarming
#SEI report shows 20 most polluting countries, including #China, #US and #India, actually plan to produce even more fossil fuels than they did two years ago
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5545645/oil-gas-china-fossil-fuels-climate-paris-agreement

#Oil, #coal and #gas production to bury #climatechange goals
Leaders promised to cut #climate #pollution, then doubled down on #fossilfuels
World producing too much coal, oil and #naturalgas to meet #ParisAgreement targets, in which countries agreed to limit climate pollution and avoid worst effects of #globalwarming
#SEI report shows 20 most polluting countries, including #China, #US and #India, actually plan to produce even more fossil fuels than they did two years ago
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5545645/oil-gas-china-fossil-fuels-climate-paris-agreement