USA to shift back to the Beautiful Clean Coal Industry

ACHIEVING AMERICAN ENERGY DOMINANCE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order reinvigorating America’s beautiful clean coal industry. The Executive Order:

• Directs the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council to designate coal as a mineral under Executive Order 14241, entitling coal to all of the benefits of that prior Order.
• Directs relevant agencies to identify coal resources on Federal lands, lift barriers to coal mining, and prioritize coal leasing on those lands.
• Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acknowledge the end of the Jewell Moratorium, which paused coal leasing on Federal lands.
• Requires agencies to rescind any agency policies that seek to transition the Nation away from coal production or otherwise establish preferences against coal as a generation resource.
• Directs CEQ to assist agencies in adopting coal-related categorical exclusions under NEPA.
• Seeks to promote coal and coal technology exports, facilitate international offtake agreements for U.S. coal, and accelerate development of coal technologies.
• Calls for the Secretary of Energy to determine whether coal used in the production of steel meets the definition of a critical material and critical mineral under the Energy Act of 2020, and if so, add it to the relevant lists.
• Pushes for using coal to power new artificial intelligence (AI) data.

INCREASING DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION: President Trump believes that coal is essential to our national and economic security.

• The coal industry supports hundreds of thousands of jobs and adds tens of billions to the U.S. economy each year.
• America’s coal resources are vast, with a current estimated value in the trillions of dollars.
• Coal-fired electricity generation is cleaner than ever, yet the previous administration waged war on coal.
• Coal will be critical to meeting the rise in electricity demand due to a resurgence of domestic manufacturing and the construction of AI data processing centers.
• Supporting our coal industry will increase our energy supply, lower electricity costs, stabilize our grid, create high-paying jobs, support burgeoning industries, and assist our allies.

FUELING THE NATION: By reinvigorating clean coal, President Trump is following through on his promise to once again unleash American energy.

• President Trump: We will develop the liquid gold that is right under our feet, including American oil and natural gas and we will also embrace nuclear, clean coal, hydro-power, which is fantastic, and every other form of affordable energy to get it done.”
• This Executive Order builds on actions President Trump has already taken to bring Americans the lowest-cost energy and electricity on earth.

Trump signs letter to the UN to withdraw the USA from the Paris Climate Agreement

• This includes:
  • Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement.
  • Revoking Biden executive actions that hampered American energy production.
  • Terminating the Green New Deal.
  • Unleashing Alaska’s extraordinary resource potential.
  • Declaring a national energy emergency.
  • Reversing the pause on liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits.
  • Cutting red tape to speed up the Federal permitting process.

The White House / ABC Flash Point News 2025.