President Donald Trump took action on Tuesday to slash regulations and expedite leases for American coal mining, lending a hand to an industry that has been rocked by the push for so-called clean energy.
Appearing at the White House in front of a group of American coal miners, Trump signed the Defense Production Act, vowing to “end the government bias against coal” and “turbo charge coal mining in America.” Trump’s order comes as he seeks to boost American energy production and use tariffs as leverage to bring manufacturing and jobs to the United States.
“We’re slashing unnecessary regulations that targeted the beautiful clean coal,” Trump said. “We will rapidly expedite leases for coal mining in federal lands … and we’ll streamline permitting. We will end the government bias against coal, and we’re going to unlock the sweeping authorities of the Defense…
