{"id":25643,"date":"2025-04-09T09:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=25643"},"modified":"2025-04-09T09:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:28:02","slug":"five-takeaways-from-trumps-plan-to-rescue-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=25643","title":{"rendered":"Five Takeaways From Trump\u2019s Plan to Rescue Coal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">To help the struggling coal industry, President Trump used his executive authority to try to keep aging plants alive and burn more coal for electricity.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hard hats are back. So is \u201cbeautiful, clean\u201d coal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump signed <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/08\/climate\/trump-order-coal-mining.html\" title>four executive orders<\/a> on Tuesday to try to bolster the country\u2019s declining coal industry, including the lifting of restrictions on mining and burning of the dirtiest fossil fuel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition to waiving air pollution limits and other regulations on coal imposed by the Biden administration, Mr. Trump directed the Justice Department to go after states like California that have sought to tackle climate change by reducing the use of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI call it beautiful, clean coal \u2014 I tell my people to never use the word \u2018coal\u2019 unless you put \u2018beautiful, clean\u2019 before it,\u201d Mr. Trump said in the East Room of the White House surrounded by dozens of mostly men in hard hats. \u201cWe\u2019re ending Joe Biden\u2019s war on beautiful, clean coal once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here are five takeaways from Mr. Trump\u2019s directives.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6042922a\">Miners as backdrops<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump has always loved the coal miner as a masculine symbol.<\/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\">At the White House ceremony on Tuesday, he repeatedly referred to the burly men who surrounded him, joking about whether the stage could handle their collective weight and about arm wrestling several of them. He recalled how during his 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton, she was talking about job retraining for miners. \u201cShe was going to put them in a high-tech industry where you make little cellphones and things,\u201d he said as he gestured daintily and laughed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Coal itself is a strong fossil fuel, he said. \u201cPound for pound, coal is the single most reliable, durable, secure and powerful form of energy,\u201d Mr. Trump said.<\/p>\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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So is \u201cbeautiful, clean\u201d coal.President Trump signed four executive orders on Tuesday to try to bolster the country\u2019s declining coal industry, including the lifting of restrictions on mining and burning of the dirtiest fossil fuel.In addition to waiving air pollution limits and other regulations on coal imposed by the Biden administration, Mr. Trump directed the Justice Department to go after states like California that have sought to tackle climate change by reducing the use of fossil fuels.\u201cI call it beautiful, clean coal \u2014 I tell my people to never use the word \u2018coal\u2019 unless you put \u2018beautiful, clean\u2019 before it,\u201d Mr. Trump said in the East Room of the White House surrounded by dozens of mostly men in hard hats. \u201cWe\u2019re ending Joe Biden\u2019s war on beautiful, clean coal once and for all.\u201dHere are five takeaways from Mr. Trump\u2019s directives.Miners as backdropsMr. Trump has always loved the coal miner as a masculine symbol.At the White House ceremony on Tuesday, he repeatedly referred to the burly men who surrounded him, joking about whether the stage could handle their collective weight and about arm wrestling several of them. He recalled how during his 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton, she was talking about job retraining for miners. \u201cShe was going to put them in a high-tech industry where you make little cellphones and things,\u201d he said as he gestured daintily and laughed.Coal itself is a strong fossil fuel, he said. \u201cPound for pound, coal is the single most reliable, durable, secure and powerful form of energy,\u201d Mr. Trump said.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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