On Wednesday, President Trump announced a renewed focus on coal for electricity generation in the U.S. At the White House, he ordered the Pentagon to purchase electricity from

An executive order directs Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to approve long-term contracts with coal-fired plants to provide electricity to military installations and facilities.

President Trump is hosting an event at the White House Wednesday to tout how “Clean Beautiful Coal" is America’s most reliable and affordable energy source.

Trump receives shiny trophy as he’s named ‘Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal’ by mining executives at White House - “Clean Beautiful coal. We love Clean Beautiful coal, don't we?” the president said,

The nation's largest public utility says it now would prefer to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it planned to shutter.

A pro-coal group gave President Donald Trump an award at a White House event where he directed the Pentagon to buy electricity from coal plants.

In April 2025, President Trump signed a series of Executive Orders to designate coal as a mineral, lift barriers to coal mining on Federal lands, and grant regulatory relief from burdensome Biden-era restrictions on certain coal-fired power plants.

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to sign an executive order that could help the coal industry, a development which was helping to boost the Range Global Coal Index ETF on Wednesday. As Victor Reklaitis reports,