Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy.
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- Over the past eight months, the Energy Department has ordered generators at five coal-burning power plants slated for retirement to remain operational.
- The Trump administration announced plans to keep as many coal plants open as possible and prevent further retirements over the next three years.
- Energy Secretary Chris Wright emphasized the goal to stop the political closure of coal plants during the first meeting of the revived National Coal Council.
- These actions are part of President Trump's broader effort to revive the declining American coal industry, despite environmental concerns about coal's impact on global warming.
- Trump has referred to coal as “beautiful clean coal,” challenging environmentalists who highlight its status as the dirtiest fossil fuel.
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