There’s been so much going on this week, that some of our alert readers scolded us for failing to mention the Trump Executive Orders that effectively ends the Biden war on coal.
These directives loosen restrictions on coal mining, leasing, and exports; allow older coal plants to continue operating; and challenge state-level climate policies that restrict coal use.
America is the Saudi Arabia of coal, with some 500 years of this valuable energy resource that helped build our country. The asset is worth at least $5 trillion according to the Department of Energy.
Coal was once a dirty resource that caused unhealthy air pollution. Today, America has the cleanest coal in the world.
Under Biden, coal plants were closed down and tens of thousands of miners were put out of work. (Biden said they could become computer coders. Sure!) Meanwhile, China has continued to build scores of high-polluting coal plants, even as they pretend to care about climate change.