The good, the bad and the ugly in President Trump's coal plans

Here’s All The Forests Trump Plans To Cut Down

Emergency order opens up 59 percent of American forests to logging. But how much will we actually lose?

Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. He’s Too Late

An executive order intended to give coal a boost ignores the reality not only of where energy markets are going, but where they are today.

Trump Signs Order To "Turbocharge" Coal Mining In United States

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed executive orders to "turbocharge coal mining" in the country, seeking to "more than double" electricity production to keep up with power-hungry artificial intelligence technology.  The executive orders, which Trump signed surrounded by miners in hard hats, will lift regulatory barriers to coal extraction and suspend the planned closures of numerous coal-fired power plants across the country.  "We will …

Trump signs executive orders to boost coal, reliable but polluting energy source

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, a reliable but polluting energy source that's long been in decline.

The good, the bad and the ugly in President Trump's coal plans

While wealthy Western countries have been weaning themselves off coal for the last two decades, Donald Trump is now trying to take the US in the opposite direction.

Trump signs executive orders aimed at revitalizing coal industry

The executive orders are meant to reenergize the coal industry, which has been steadily declining for years.