Trump Signs Order to Revive American Coal Industry

In a powerful rebuke to Biden-era climate extremism, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at reviving America’s battered coal industry delivering on a key campaign promise to end the government’s hostility toward traditional energy and put American workers first.

Standing at the White House alongside a proud group of American coal miners, Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to cut red tape, fast-track coal leases, and eliminate what he called a “government bias against coal.” The move is part of a broader second-term strategy to reassert American energy dominance, bring jobs back, and tear down the regulatory walls erected by globalist climate ideologues.

“We’re slashing unnecessary regulations that targeted the beautiful clean coal,” Trump said. “We’ll rapidly expedite leases for coal mining on federal lands and streamline permitting… We will end the government bias against coal.”

This is a stark departure from the Biden administration’s energy agenda, which led to a 32% decline in coal output from 2017 to 2024, according to the Energy Information Administration. Under Biden, leases for coal production were halted, EPA restrictions choked out investment, and thousands of jobs in coal-rich states like Wyoming, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania evaporated.

Trump’s message? Enough is enough. “The Biden energy policy was to put America last,” Trump said. “Under my administration, we’re putting America first.”

The National Mining Association hailed the order, calling it “a stark shift from the prior administration’s punitive regulatory agenda, hostile energy policies, and unlawful land grabs.” And they’re right Biden’s so-called “green” energy plan was a thinly veiled attack on working-class Americans whose livelihoods depend on coal, natural gas, and oil.

Trump also took direct aim at international overreach, reaffirming that he terminated the Green New Scam, pulled out of the disastrous Paris Climate Accord, and declared a National Energy Emergency on day one of his new term.

The results are already showing:

• The EPA is rolling back unnecessary emissions regulations on coal plants.

• Montana coal mine expansions have been approved.

• The Bureau of Land Management is reviewing emergency leases in North Dakota.

Coal remains critical to America’s energy grid, with 175 plants still producing electricity nationwide. Despite efforts to replace coal with unreliable wind and solar, it remains one of the most dependable sources of power, particularly in harsh winters and peak demand periods.

Trump’s clear goal: put miners back to work and restore American energy independence.

“I’ve said I was going to do this, and I’ve said it loud and clear,” Trump declared. “It’s time to do it.”

While Democrats push fantasy policies that destroy jobs and drive up costs, Trump is once again proving that real leadership means fighting for American workers, unleashing our resources, and telling the global elites to take a backseat.

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