Trump signs executive orders to revive coal production amid rising power demand, as critics say US is 'stuck in the past'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : WASHINGTON, April 9 -- US President Donald Trump signed executive orders yesterday that aim to boost coal production in his latest action that runs counter to global efforts to curb carbon emissions.
59% : Trump, a Republican, campaigned on a promise to increase US energy output and has sought to roll back energy and environmental regulations since taking office on January 20. US electricity demand is rising for the first time in two decades on growth in power-hungry data centres for artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and cryptocurrencies.
54% : After Trump signed the orders, Wright's department made US$200 billion (RM900 billion) in financing available for its loan programmes office including for new coal technologies.
53% : The orders include efforts to save coal plants that were likely to be retired, including by unlocking authorities in the 1950 Defence Production Act to boost coal production.
43% : Another order asked the US Attorney General to identify state climate laws that are an obstacle to developing energy resources like coal, and try to stop them from being enforced.
38% : "We're going to put the miners back to work," Trump said about a workforce that has sunk to about 40,000 from 70,000 ten years ago.
28% : In his first administration, Trump tried to prop up coal by having his then energy secretary direct federal energy regulators to subsidise coal plants for their contribution in making power grids more reliable and resilient.
27% : "We're bringing back an industry that was abandoned," Trump said at the White House, standing in front of about three dozen mostly male coal miners wearing hard hats.

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