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

The #EPA said it would repeal dozens of #regulations set by the #Biden admin to curb #CarbonDoxide, #mercury & other pollutants from #coal plants. The agency would also revise a regulation limiting #wastewater #pollution from #PowerPlants that the industry considers costly.

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #PublicHealth #energy #Trump

#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.

‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: #Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue #Coal

The Trump admin on Monday outlined a coordinated plan to revive the mining & burning of coal, the largest contributor to #ClimateChange worldwide.

The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of #federal #land for #mining & eliminating #pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.

#ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #energy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/climate/trump-coal-revival.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#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