{"id":25584,"date":"2025-04-08T18:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=25584"},"modified":"2025-04-08T18:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:25:38","slug":"trump-to-sign-order-aimed-at-reviving-a-struggling-coal-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=25584","title":{"rendered":"Trump to Sign Order Aimed at Reviving a Struggling Coal Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump plans to sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at expanding the mining and use of coal in the United States, in an effort to revive the struggling industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The order will direct federal agencies to remove barriers to coal leasing and mining, loosen environmental reviews of coal projects and explore whether coal-fired electricity could help power new A.I. data centers, according to a White House official. The administration also plans to designate coal a critical mineral, which could speed up federal approval of new mines. And it intends to open more federal land to mining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the past several months, Mr. Trump, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, and Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, have all spoken about the importance of coal. \u201cWe have clean, beautiful coal, more than anybody else,\u201d Mr. Trump said Monday during an appearance in the Oval Office with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Coal is the most polluting of all fossil fuels when burned, and accounts for <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/globalcarbonbudget.org\/fossil-fuel-co2-emissions-increase-again-in-2024\/\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">roughly 40 percent of the world\u2019s industrial carbon dioxide emissions<\/a>, the main driver of global warming. It releases other pollutants, including mercury and sulfur dioxide, that are linked to heart disease, respiratory problems and premature deaths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over the past two decades, the use of coal has fallen precipitously in the United States, as utilities have switched to cheaper and cleaner electricity sources like natural gas, wind and solar power. That transition has been the biggest reason for the drop in U.S. emissions since 2005.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"InteractiveBlock-3\">\n<section data-testid=\"inline-interactive\" id=\"2025-04-08-coal-capacity-chart-embed-coal-chart-embed\" data-id=\"100000010098297\" data-source-id=\"100000010098297\" class=\"interactive-content interactive-size-scoop css-1vobcg1\">\n<div class=\"css-17ih8de interactive-body\" data-sourceid=\"100000010098297\" id=\"embed-id-100000010098297\">\n<p>    <!-- birdkit: do not modify this file --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-grm0ZYw\" class=\"birdkit-body g-grm0ZYw g-dark-mode-incompatible\" data-preview-slug=\"slug-HM-DWHw\" data-birdkit-hydrate=\"209f0975ebdf2fb9\">\n<p>\t<!--[--><!--[--><!--&gt;--><!--[--><!--[--><!--&gt;--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"g-wrapper  svelte-dk6paf g-needs-margin-block\" aria-label=\"graphic\"><!--[--><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-block g-block-margin svelte-rhgw2n g-margin-inline\">\n<div class=\"g-block-width g-max-width-body svelte-rhgw2n\"><!--&gt;--><!--&gt; --><!--[--><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-wrapper_hed g-text-align-left svelte-1yj9fcz\"><!--[--><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"g-heading svelte-1yj9fcz\"><!--&gt;Coal power has declined sharply \u2014 and more retirements are coming.--><\/h3>\n<p><!--]--> <!--[!--><!--]--><\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--&gt; --><!--&gt;--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--> <!--[!--><!--]--> <\/p>\n<div class=\"g-block g-block-margin svelte-rhgw2n g-margin-inline\">\n<div class=\"g-block-width g-max-width-820px svelte-rhgw2n\" style=\"max-width: 820px\"><!--&gt;[!--><!--]--> <\/p>\n<div class=\"g-wrapper_main-content svelte-dk6paf g-overflow-visible\"><!--[!--><!--]--> <\/p>\n<div class=\"g-wrapper_main_content_slot svelte-dk6paf\"><!--&gt;[!--><!--&gt;--><!--]-->&lt;!&#8211;&gt;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> [!&#8211;&gt;<!--]-->&lt;!&#8211;&gt;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8211;&gt; <!--[--><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-block g-block-margin svelte-rhgw2n g-margin-inline\">\n<div class=\"g-block-width g-max-width-body svelte-rhgw2n\"><!--&gt;--><!--&gt; --><!--[--><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-wrapper_meta g-text-align-left svelte-v3m00m\"><!--[!--><!--]--> <!--[--><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-source svelte-v3m00m\"><!--&gt;Source: Global Energy Monitor and New York Times reporting.--><\/p>\n<p><!--]--> <!--[--><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-note svelte-v3m00m\"><!--&gt;Note: Includes coal capacity added.--><\/p>\n<p><!--]--> <!--[--><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-credit svelte-v3m00m\"><!--&gt;By Mira Rojanasakul\/The New York times--><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--&gt; --><!--&gt;--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]-->&lt;!&#8211;&gt;<\/figure>\n<p>&#8211;&gt;<!--&gt;]--><!--]--><!--&gt;--><!--&gt;]--> <!--[!--><!--]--><!--]--><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Optimistic-4\">\n<div class=\"css-kbghgg\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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The administration also plans to designate coal a critical mineral, which could speed up federal approval of new mines. And it intends to open more federal land to mining.In the past several months, Mr. Trump, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, and Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, have all spoken about the importance of coal. \u201cWe have clean, beautiful coal, more than anybody else,\u201d Mr. Trump said Monday during an appearance in the Oval Office with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Coal is the most polluting of all fossil fuels when burned, and accounts for roughly 40 percent of the world\u2019s industrial carbon dioxide emissions, the main driver of global warming. It releases other pollutants, including mercury and sulfur dioxide, that are linked to heart disease, respiratory problems and premature deaths.Over the past two decades, the use of coal has fallen precipitously in the United States, as utilities have switched to cheaper and cleaner electricity sources like natural gas, wind and solar power. That transition has been the biggest reason for the drop in U.S. emissions since 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25586,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25584"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25587,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25584\/revisions\/25587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}