United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed four executive actions aimed at reversing policies that transitioned the US away from coal production and aimed at boosting the country’s “beautiful clean coal industry”.
Trump, speaking in the White House East Room, said the current US government administration is ending the ‘war’ former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden created in the coal industry.
The Republican also said his administration is working through the legalities of making it difficult for companies in US to shut down coal plants.
He said: “We are ending Joe Biden’s war on beautiful, clean coal once and for all. And it was not just Biden, it was [Barack] Obama, and there were others.
“But we are doing the exact opposite. And all those plants that have been closed are going to be opened.”
Meanwhile, another executive order Trump signed on Tuesday is meant to promote grid reliability, including by using fossil fuels.
