Trump signs the executive orders aimed at reviving the American coal industry

President Trump has signed a wave of executive orders aimed at expanding mining and burning coal in the United States, in an attempt to revive the troubled industry.

One Direct federal agencies To cancel any “discrimination” regulations against coal production, opening new federal lands to extract coal and explores whether the energy stations that burn coal can serve new data centers of artificial intelligence. Mr. Trump also said He said he waives some of the restrictions imposed on the air It was adopted by the Biden Administration for dozens of coal factories that were at risk of closing.

In a move that might face legal challenges, Mr. Trump directed the Energy Department To develop a process To use emergency powers to prevent unbelieving coal stations from closing in order to avoid power outages. Mr. Trump A similar procedure suggested During his first term, he eventually abandoned the idea after widespread opposition.

Mr. Trump said that dozens of miners in white solid hats in the White House It was also instructions The Ministry of Justice to identify and fight local climate policies that “prevent miners from working.” He added that he will issue “guarantees” that future departments cannot adopt coal -harmful policies, but they have not provided details.

“This is a very important day for me because we are re -industry that has been abandoned even though it was the best, and certainly the best in terms of strength and real power,” said Mr. Trump.

In recent weeks, Mr. Trump, Chris Wright, Minister of Energy, and Dog Burgoum, Minister of the Interior, spoke about the importance of coal. Two members of the cabinet in the front row at the White House party, which was attended by members of the Wyoming Congress, Kentucky, Western Virginia and other coal -producing states.

“Beautiful clean coal,” Mr. Trump said to the gathering. Never use the word “charcoal” unless you put “beautiful and clean” before that. “

Coal is the most polluted fossil fuel when burning, and represents About 40 percent of the world’s industrial carbon dioxide emissionsThe main engine of global warming. It releases other pollutants, including mercury, sulfur dioxide, associated with heart disease, respiratory problems and early deaths. Coal mining and coal for energy generation plants can lead to environmental problems.

Over the past two decades, the use of coal has decreased dramatically in the United States, as facilities have turned into cheaper and cleaner sources such as natural gas, wind and solar energy. This transition was the biggest cause of US emissions decreased since 2005.

It is not clear how clear, Mr. Trump, the opposite of this decrease. In 2011, the nation was born approximately half of the electricity of coal; Last year, this decreased to only 15 percent. Facilities I already closed Hundreds of units burning elderly coal and declared them retirement dates for about half of the remaining plants.

In recent years, the growing interest in artificial intelligence and data centers I feed an increase in the demand for electricityAnd the facilities decided to keep more than 50 units located to burn coal open after the closing dates, according to America, a commercial group in the industry. As the Trump administration moves to reduce the boundaries of pollution on coal power – including the regulations applied to carbon dioxide and mercury – more plants can remain open for a longer period, or operate frequently.

“You know, we need to do Amnesty International, all this new technology that comes on the Internet,” said Mr. Trump on Tuesday. “We need more than weak energy, electricity, which now we have.”

Some analysts said that the main charcoal revival was unlikely.

“The main issue is that most of our coal factories are older and become more expensive for operation, and no one thinks about building new factories,” said Seth Vester, a coal -based data analyst at the Institute of Economics and Financial Analysis, a research company. “It is very difficult to change this path.”

During his first term, Mr. Trump sought Preventing unbelievable charcoal plants From closure, using an emergency salad usually for transit crises such as natural disasters. But this idea brought a severe reaction from oil and gas companies, network operators and consumer groups, who said it would raise electricity bills, and the administration eventually retracted the idea.

“The idea is tried again today, it is likely to lead to lawsuits. “But there is not a lot of the date of litigation here,” he said. “These emergency orders usually last for no more than 90 days.”

Ultimately, Mr. Trump struggled to fulfill his first pledge to save the coal industry. Despite the fact that his administration He canceled many climate regulations and Eye of coal pressure groups For the leadership of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 coal -powered power plants closed, and the industry threw about 13,000 jobs during its presidency.

Coal continued to decline during the era of President Joseph R. Biden Junior, who sought to completely remove the country from fossil fuels in an attempt to combat climate change. Last year, his administration I released a comprehensive EPA base This would have forced all coal factories in the country to install expensive equipment to pick up and bury or closed carbon dioxide emissions by 2039.

This year, upon returning to his post, Mr. Trump ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel this rule. Trump administration officials have repeatedly warned that closing coal factories will harm the power supply. Unlike wind energy and solar energy, coal factories can work at any hour of the day, making them useful when the electricity demand mutations.

Some of the industry executives who run electric networks in the country I also warned The country may face a greater risk of power outages if a very large number of coal factories retire very quickly, especially since the energy companies have faced a delay in bringing new stations for gas, wind and solar energy via the Internet, as well as adding and transporting battery storage lines.

“For decades, most people have taken electricity and coal as a Muslim by it,” said Michelle Bimdorth, CEO of the American Authority. “This is satisfied with the destruction of federal and state policies that caused the early retirement of coal plants, thus weakening our electrical network and threatening our national security.”

However, coal opponents say that maintaining aging plants online can exacerbate deadly air pollution and increase energy costs. Earlier this year, PJM, which oversees a large network in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, ordered the electricity generation station that burns coal and the other burns the oil to stay open until 2029, four years after the planned retirement date, to reduce the risk of power outages. This step can eventually cost customer benefit in an area More than 720 million dollars.

“Coal plants are old, dirty, non -competitive and unreliable,” said Kate Kennedy, the administrative director of the Authority at the Council of Defense of Natural Resources, an environmental group. “The Trump administration is stuck in the past, in an attempt to make utility customers pay more for yesterday’s energy. Instead, it should do everything in its power to build the electricity network in the future.”