President Donald Trump is moving to expand mining and use coal in the United States, an attempt to operate the mutation in energy -thirsty databases while seeking to revive the American fossil fuel industry.
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(Bloomberg)-President Donald Trump is moving to expand mining and use coal in the United States, an attempt to operate the mutation in energy-thirsty data centers while seeking to revive the American fossil fuel industry.
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In an executive order that Trump is scheduled to sign on Tuesday afternoon, the president will direct a number of steps by the federal government aimed at stimulating coal, a senior White House official said. The procedures, including the confirmation of the United States, have returned to the sale of coal mining rights on federal lands and requested a rock as a critical metal. Other steps include accelerating the export of American coal and relevant technologies.
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However, it is unclear whether the new initiative will be sufficient to turn the local scene significantly for coal, which has decreased in the face of competition from low -cost natural gas and renewable energy, as well as environmental regulations and climate change fears. It is also not certain technology companies that adopted nuclear energy and emissions -free renewal will be keen to operate their coal data centers.
However, the executive thing confirms Trump's commitment to take advantage of American coal resources as a source of electricity to operate data and heat centers to form steel. The president and senior officials in the administration have clearly made coal -powered force, as they see that they are intertwined with national security and the United States, which stands in global competition to control the artificial intelligence industry.
Trump told reporters on Monday during an event at the Oval Office. But Trump added that saving electrical energy to data centers is very important to maintain this feature.
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Trump pledged to revive coal during his campaign last year, and to follow a political priority, he converted to his first term at the White House. This comes at a time when his administration weighs other steps to increase fossil fuels, including clicking on the emergency salad to reopen coal -closed plants while preventing others from closing.
Trump is scheduled to sign the executive order during an event 3 pm in the Eastern Chamber of the White House, where attendees are scheduled to include executives from some of the largest mining companies in the United States, including Peabody Energy Corp. And Core Natural Resources Inc. And Ramaco Resources, Inc.
Trump complained about the previous departments that launched the war on coal, which strangled his capabilities with environmental regulations on energy stations as well as restrictions on mining. In his order on Tuesday, Trump will aim for a high -level barrier, by directing the Ministry of Interior to recognize the end of the standing imposed to dispense with former President Barack Obama. A White House official said that Trump will also direct government agencies to define coal resources on federal lands and give priority to leasing there while lifting barriers to mining these deposits.
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This shift can encourage coal companies to expand their holdings on federal lands, which have decreased during the past three decades. Coal companies held 279 federal rents that extend only about 422,000 acres as of 2023, according to the Ministry of Interior data, a decrease from 489 contracts covering about 730,000 acres just 33 years ago.
Trump also directs the new National Energy dominance council to appoint coal as a critical mineral, and puts it equally with those necessary for defense and batteries. The executive thing that the president signed last month represents the way for such a step, allowing emergency powers and financing to help enhance local production and treat critical minerals and rare land.
Likewise, Trump will concern Energy Minister Chris Wright to determine whether the coal used in the production of steel should win the desired “critical” situation under federal law.
In his matter, the president will ask the policies that seek to transfer the nation away from coal production or create preferences against the use of fossil fuels as an electricity source. The electrical sector is the second largest source of greenhouse gases in the United States, behind transportation, and coal produces twice as much as its natural rival, when it is burned to generate electricity.
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Trump's Environmental Protection Agency is already transmitted to review a set of regulations that governs coal -powered power plants, including the limits of mercury pollution as well as carbon dioxide. The Environmental Protection Agency also weighs exempting some power stations from the specific air pollution controls.
Coal represents about 15 % of power generation in the United States today, a decrease from more than half in 2000, according to the US Energy Information Department. Since 2000, about 770 charcoal units have been closed, according to data from Global Energy Monitor, with more closed.
Interior Minister Dog Burgoum, who heads the Trump Energy Hegemony Council, threw coal power as affordable and reliable, saying that this makes the key to meeting the demand from new databases and factories and increased electrification in transportation and heating. Nextenergy Inc. expected The energy demand in the United States should grow by 55 % over the next twenty years.
The defenders of the renewable authority have argued that Trump's offer to dominate American energy requires a wide range of options, especially given the challenges that guarantee critical components needed to produce electricity from coal and natural gas. The states and network managers in the northeastern United States have been relied on supplies from marine wind farms to help meet the demand.
Trump, who last week ordered the comprehensive definitions of American commercial partners and urges European allies to buy more American energy, sees coal as a valuable export as well. Tuesday will direct the American authorities to promote foreign coal for US coal and coal -related technology, including by pushing other countries to sign purchase agreements.
(Bloomberg Philantrasies with the Sierra Club Beyond Campy campaign helped to retire more than 70 % of the country's coal factories since 2011.)
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