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Trump throws coal a lifeline, but the energy industry has moved on
The US market has been moving away from coal for decades.
As President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders Tuesday aimed at keeping coal power alive in the United States, he repeatedly blamed his predecessor, Democrats, and environmental regulations for the industry’s dramatic contraction over the past two decades. For example, Maryland’s only remaining coal generating station, Talen Energy’s 1.3-gigawatt Brandon Shores plant, will be staying open beyond its previously planned June 1 shutdown, under a deal that regional grid operator PJM brokered earlier this year with the company, state officials, and the Sierra Club. Trump dismissed concerns about climate change—“You don’t have to worry about the air is getting warmer”—and repeated a baseless statistic he often made on the campaign trail: “The ocean will rise one-quarter of an inch within the next 500 to 600 years, giving you a little bit more waterfront property.” (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency that is being severely cut by the Trump administration, has calculated that sea levels are on track to rise 10 inches in the next 30 years.)
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