Trump Energy Dept. Investing $625 Million in Coal Industry

[Elderberry]

Legal Insurrection by Mary Chastain 9/29/2025

“Coal just makes the world go round..it’s critical to our country.”

Energy Department Secretary Christopher Wright told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo that the Trump administration plans to invest $625 million in the coal industry.

Wright claimed the move will “lower energy costs and enable the U.S. to win the global race for dominance in artificial intelligence.”

    “We’re going to export more of that coal, we’re going to use it for American industry, particularly as we reindustrialize, and it’s going to continue to provide 15%-16% of our electricity and enable us to reindustrialize and win the AI race,” Wright said.

    The $625 million investment includes $350 million to modernize coal plants with reliable electric power and capacity; $175 million for coal projects that are expected to bring cheaper, more reliable energy to rural communities; $50 million to upgrade wastewater management systems to extend the lifespan of coal plants and reduce operating costs; $25 million to enable coal power plants to operate on dual fuel; and $25 million to support investments that will maintain boiler efficiency and reliability when utilizing 100% natural gas.

More: https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/09/trump-energy-dept-investing-625-million-in-coal-industry/

[Elderberry]

Trump administration to expand coal leasing, fund coal plant upgrades

CNBC  9/29/2025

The Trump administration will expand coal mine leasing on federal lands and provide hundreds of millions of dollars to support more coal-fired power generation, officials said on Monday.

The plan is part of a broader effort by the administration to reverse the decline of coal use in the U.S., a fossil fuel that has been hard hit by environmental regulation and competition from natural gas in recent years.

At a press conference in Washington, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said his department would open 13.1 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of federal land for coal leasing. The area opened up, in North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming, was more than triple the area in President Donald Trump’s massive funding law.

President Joe Biden put a pause on coal leasing on federal lands and the last auction of leasing rights occurred in January 2021, just before he took office.

The Department of Energy, meanwhile, said it would provide $625 million in funds to expand power generation fueled by coal.

Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said his agency would give coal plants more time to comply with regulations on coal ash, which contains contaminants including mercury, cadmium and arsenic and must be carefully disposed of.

More: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/29/trump-officials-to-announce-plan-to-boost-coal-output.html

[rustynail]

That money will just go up in smoke.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Coal is made from plants, so it has to be good, just like fake meat.

Coal is just one component of energy security and prosperity.  Oxygen assisted combustion can improve efficiency and reduce pollution.

Aeroderivative gas turbines offer the greatest efficiency.  Currently there is a backlog of Aeroderivative gas turbine orders.  It would be to America's economic advantage to increase Aeroderivative gas turbine production for deployment in the US.

It would be nice to see R&D into advancing thorium reactor technology.  China is currently ahead of the US in this arena.  Thorium has the potential to be a safer nuclear fuel than uranium and plutonium.

One of the few competitive advanatges the American economy had was energy affordability.  Obama/Biden and the Chinese Communist Party's Global Climate Change Marxist movement has sought to take away this advantage.

America needs to have a diverse porfolio of electricity sources for risk management purposes.