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Trump's $625 million coal plan may raise utility bills of Americans The artificial intelligence boom has sent electricity prices reeling, with a recent Bloomberg analysis finding that wholesale energy prices in areas near data hubs have jumped 267 percent since 2020. President Donald Trump, who promised to lower electricity bills within 18 months of reentering office, believes he has found a way to fix this issue: taxpayer subsidies for coal. On Monday, the Energy Department announced that it will offer $625 million in funding to "reinvigorate and expand America's coal industry." The funding includes $350 million to modernize outdated coal power plants or recommission closed ones, and up to $175 million for coal power projects in rural communities. This announcement was coupled with an Interior Department directive to open 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal mining at lower royalty rates. The Environmental Protection Agency, meanwhile, announced on Monday it would roll back several Joe Biden-era regulations on coal plants, which the agency says will save consumers $200 million in electricity costs annually. "These funds will help keep our nation's coal plants operating and…

Trump is using an Emergency War Power to give $700 Million to the Coal Industry... which only supplies energy to 15 percent of the US population! This is FUBAR!!! @pkrugman.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @katiecouric.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrjl...

Donald Trump Gives Away Taxpayer Dollars to Big Coal September 29, 2025 Contact Christine Ho, christine.ho@sierraclub.org Washington, D.C. - Today, the Department of Energy announced a $625 million effort in retrofitting aging coal plants. The Trump administration has slashed billions of dollars in clean energy investments and issued multiple stop work orders on clean energy projects, while exempting toxic, dirty coal plants from lifesaving guardrails. In response, Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign Director Laurie Williams issued the following statement: “Rather than investing in affordable and clean energy, Chris Wright is taking taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars and giving it to wealthy executives in the coal industry. This is a transparent wealth transfer from everyday Americans, who are already making tough decisions at the kitchen table, to the millionaires that run the fossil fuel industry. If Chris Wright, or anyone in Donald Trump’s administration, truly cared about bringing down the cost of electricity, they would be investing in affordable clean energy instead of taking a sledgehammer to the progress our country has made. By handing out millions to the coal industry, the Tru…

Trump announces $700 million funding for coal plants, energy infrastructure Today, we’re taking historic action to bring down the price of energy and the cost of living for all Americans, with the power of clean, beautiful coal, says U.S. President Donald Trump

🔴 BREAKING: Trump has announced another $700 million for coal, using taxpayer money to prop up aging plants, mines, and new export infrastructure while insisting—falsely—that “there’s no alternative.” Full story: iamdonnyevans.substack.com/i/200473691/... Subscribe ✊🇺🇸 — iamdonnyevans.substack.com

Trump plans $700M in new spending for struggling coal industry | AP News Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks as President Donald Trump, foreground, and from left, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin, listen at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) The coal-burning TransAlta power plant is shown near Centralia, Wash., April 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) President Donald Trump speaks as Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, from left, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin and Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., listen at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) The former Oakland Army Base pier at left and the Port of Oakland at lower right, are pictured in Oakland, Calif., Feb. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) An aerial image of Consumer Energy’s J.H. Campbell Generating Complex is seen in Ottawa County, Mich., Sept. 21,…

Trump Releases Plan to Aid the U.S. Coal Industry - IER The Trump administration will open 13 million acres of federal land for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants, including $350 million for recommissioning and retrofitting plants and $175 million for projects in rural areas. Trump’s Energy Department has required fossil-fueled power plants in Michigan and Pennsylvania to continue operating past their retirement dates to meet rising power demand due to growth in data centers, artificial intelligence, and the overall electrification of the economy. The coal plants are to help the grid avoid possible electricity shortfalls by providing reliable energy, unlike weather-driven solar and wind. The Trump administration outlined a plan tomine and generate more electricity from coal. The administration will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million torecommission or modernizecoal-fired power plants, including $350 million for recommissioning and retrofitting plants and an additional $175 million for projects in rural areas. Trump’s Department of Energy (DOE) has requiredfossil-fueled power plant…

King Trump pledged $700 million to revive the declining coal industry using emergency funds to extend the life of aging coal plants, subsidize the first new coal-burning power plants since 2013. But experts say coal is more expensive to build and produces more air pollution and carbon emissions.

Trump Commits $700 Million to Coal in Oval Office Announcement — Full ... on President Donald Trump convened an Oval Office gathering of cabinet secretaries, governors, and congressional representatives on June 4, 2026, to announce a sweeping $700 million investment in the U.S. coal industry — including funds to upgrade 13 existing coal plants, build two new ones, and construct a long-delayed coal export terminal in Oakland, California — all backed by the Cold War-era Defense Production Act. Trump framed the move as essential to keeping electricity affordable and reliable, and invoked January’s Winter Storm Fern as Exhibit A for why coal remains indispensable. The meeting ranged well beyond coal, covering the SAVE America Act’s election-integrity provisions, Iran cease-fire diplomacy, Trump’s surprise appointment of housing officialBill Pulteas acting Director of National Intelligence, Venezuelan oil, Cuban policy, Black unemployment, auto industry deregulation, a planned Lincoln Memorial promenade, and the New York Knicks. Assistance from Claude AI. Trump opened the substantive portion of the gathering by describing what he called “historic action to bring down the price of ene…

He is simply insane Not more and not less “Beautiful and clean” Trump invests $700 million in coal industry U.S.President Donald Trump plans to invest $700 million in the coal industry.Using emergency powers,he intends to fund modernization efforts,new power plants and the expansion of coal exports