Right now, California faces rotating power outages previously only seen in third world countries. Pretty soon, they’ll be coming to Ohio too – unless we do something about it now.
Fortunately, President Donald Trump took a major step earlier this month to address this looming crisis by issuing three executive orders to revive the coal industry–keeping aging coal plants online, accelerating mining leases on federal lands, and rolling back burdensome climate regulations.
Coal shouldn’t be treated like a four-letter word in America; we should embrace it. Last year, the rest of the world burned more coal than ever in history – while the U.S. used less coal than we ever have. This makes little sense as a purported solution to address “global” climate change, especially as the utilization of coal in the U.S. is far cleaner than places like China, where coal production has largely shifted.
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