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Trump is expected to sign executive orders to boost coal, a reliable but polluting energy source
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....rump is expected to sign executive orders to boost coal, a reliable but polluting energy source<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 8-4-2025<BR>PTI<BR> Washington, Apr 8 (AP) President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders on Tuesday aimed at boosting coal, a reliable but polluting energy source that's long been in decline. According to two senior White House officials, Trump will use his emergen....
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....cy authority to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement to keep producing electricity to meet rising US power demand amid growth in data centres, 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, expected Tuesday afternoon. Trump, a Republican, ....
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....has long promised to boost what he calls “beautiful” coal to fire power plants and for other uses, but the industry has been in decline for decades. The orders expected Tuesday will direct federal agencies to identify coal resources on federal lands, lift barriers to coal mining and prioritise coal leasing on US lands, according to information from the White House officials. The orders also ....
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....will direct Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to “acknowledge the end" of an Obama-era moratorium that paused coal leasing on federal lands and require federal agencies to rescind policies transitioning the nation away from coal production. The orders also seek to promote coal and coal technology exports and to accelerate development of coal technologies. Trump has long suggested that coal can he....
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....lp meet surging electricity demand from manufacturing and the massive data centres needed for artificial intelligence. “Nothing can destroy coal. Not the weather, not a bomb — nothing,” Trump told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, by video link in January. “And we have more coal than anybody,” he had said. Energy experts say any bump for coal under Trump is likely to be t....
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....emporary because natural gas is cheaper and there's a durable market for renewable energy such as wind and solar power no matter who holds the White House. OZ OZ <BR> News - Press release - PIB....