The Post & Email by Kathleen Marquardt, American Policy Center 11/10/2025
The Department of Energy is doing something smart for a change. They just announced that they want to restore coal plants across the nation “for up to $100 million in federal funding.” That sounds good to me – real energy, and maybe some will come from where I live – in Coalfield. The people here could use it.
In April, in an Executive order “reinvigorating America’s beautiful clean coal industry” it was announced:
• President Trump believes that coal 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 (Council on Environmental Quality)to assist agencies in adopting coal-related categorical exclusions under NEPA National Environmental Policy Act).
• 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.
Coalfield was once the largest town in the county. When coal was killed, it shrunk so badly that it is now too small to even have a Post Office. Our mail is addressed to the next county over.
We have two gas stations, a Dollar Store, and a lot of empty buildings that were once active businesses. Hopefully, soon they will be again.
• 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.
More:
https://www.thepostemail.com/2025/11/10/coal-and-sanity-rushing-back-through-sound-science/
