Trump’s pro-coal crusade hits a snag in Washington state

Trump’s pro-coal crusade hits a snag in Washington state

In Washington state, the Trump administration’s crusade to force aging coal plants to stay online is meeting resistance from lawmakers — and confronting the reality that the state’s power grid is doing just fine without coal. On Monday, the Department of Energy issued its second 90-day emergency order demanding the…

Coal Needs Boots on the Ground

Over the last two decades, the coal industry has ceded much of the battlefield to its opponents and even now seems somewhat complacent about its future. The Trump Administration will be gone three in years. And even while Trump is in office, state regulators and utilities are proceeding to close coal power plants throughout the country — Colorado, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Washington, on and on. Decisions on these remainin…