"The administration is opening millions of additional acres of public land to mining while slashing royalty rates and environmental regulations for coal. Environmentalists warn of skyrocketing costs and threats to land, water and air."
"The U.S. announced its intention to compete for a 21st-century technology using 19th-century energy on Monday when the Trump administration revealed a slew of deregulatory actions and new investments in the dirtiest, most greenhouse-gas-intensive fossil fuels.
At a gathering in Washington, D.C., officials from the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy trumpeted their support for the nation’s coal industry, which they say will enable the U.S. to win the generative artificial intelligence “arms race with China.”
U.S. coal has experienced a decades-long decline as cheaper natural gas displaced its market share and renewable energy continues to account for a growing proportion of energy on the grid. Even as the Trump administration tries to reverse these trends by walking back or delaying safety and health regulations for miners and reopening public lands to coal mining, among other actions, energy forecasters expect coal to become a more expensive, less-used form of energy."
Jake Bolster reports for Inside Climate News September 29, 2025.
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