Promises made, promises kept. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to add a boost to the coal mining industry.
From The Hill:
In the order, Trump will define coal as a 'mineral,' allowing it to benefit from a previous executive order bolstering mining that — among other things — used presidential wartime authorities to expedite production.
That order also requires federal agencies to speed up approvals for mines and prioritize mining on federal lands — which may now extend to coal.
Notably, Trump's executive order allows the coal industry to be excluded from environmental reviews and exempted from Biden-era restrictions on mercury, lead, nickel, and arsenic emissions.
Of course, the president couldn't pass up the opportunity to draw some laughs at Biden's expense:
Yes, sometimes it pays off to have a president who can stay awake.
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