Trump is expected to sign executive orders to boost coal, a reliable but polluting energy source

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : The orders also seek to promote coal and coal technology exports and to accelerate development of coal technologies.
61% : The energy council has been granted sweeping authority over federal agencies involved in energy permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation and transportation.
58% : " Instead, she said, the U.S. should be doing all it can to build the power grid of the future, including tax credits and other support for renewable energy such as wind and solar power. ____ Associated Press writer Seung Min Kim contributed to this report.
56% : Not the weather, not a bomb -- nothing," Trump told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, by video link in January.
56% : " Energy experts say any bump for coal under Trump is likely to be temporary because natural gas is cheaper and there's a durable market for renewable energy such as wind and solar power no matter who holds the White House.
56% : The Trump-created panel is tasked with driving up already record-setting domestic oil and gas production, as well as coal and other traditional energy sources.
52% : The orders expected Tuesday will direct federal agencies to identify coal resources on federal lands, lift barriers to coal mining and prioritize coal leasing on U.S. lands, according to information from the White House officials.
50% : Coal once provided more than half of U.S. electricity production, but its share dropped to about 16% in 2023, down from about 45% as recently as 2010.
43% : Trump has long championed coal Trump, who has pushed for U.S. "energy dominance" in the global market, has long suggested that coal can help meet surging electricity demand from manufacturing and the massive data centers needed for artificial intelligence.
41% : It's also home to a massive power plant in Colstrip, Montana, that emits more toxic air pollutants such as lead and arsenic than any other U.S. facility of its kind, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
40% : According to two senior White House officials, Trump will use his emergency authority to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement to keep producing electricity to meet rising U.S. power demand amid growth in data centers, artificial intelligence and electric cars.
39% : "Despite countless warnings from the nation's grid operators and energy regulators that we are facing an electricity supply crisis, the last administration's energy policies were built on hostility to fossil fuels, directly targeting coal,'' said Rich Nolan, president and CEO of the National Mining Association.
28% : Changes and promises under Trump Trump has vowed to reverse those actions and has named Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright to lead a new National Energy Dominance Council.
22% : It has a mandate to cut bureaucratic red tape, enhance private sector investments and focus on innovation instead of "totally unnecessary regulation," Trump said.
22% : "Coal plants are old and dirty, uncompetitive and unreliable," Kennedy said, accusing Trump and his administration of remaining "stuck in the past, trying to make utility customers pay more for yesterday's energy.
18% : The orders also will direct Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to "acknowledge the end" of an Obama-era moratorium that paused coal leasing on federal lands and require federal agencies to rescind policies transitioning the nation away from coal production.

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