by Callie Patteson
Washington Examiner
…We are kicking the newsletter off with a series of actions by the Trump administration to boost the domestic production of coal. The Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency released initiatives related to coal production. Specifically, the DOI greenlighted the opening of 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal leasing…
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TAKES A SERIES OF ACTIONS TO BOOST COAL: The Trump administration today announced a series of actions across federal agencies to boost the production of coal as part of an effort to address the rise in energy demand.
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum held an event this morning to announce several actions to increase domestic production of coal, including opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal leasing. The leases were initiated as part of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which required the DOI to open at least 4 million acres of public land for coal leasing. As part of the announcement, the Interior Department will also reduce the royalty rates for coal production from 12.5% to 7%, lowering the per-ton cost of mining coal.
It is also working to streamline coal lease approvals…
Key quote: “I don’t see prices going down, hopefully, the increases can be slowed,” said Steve Milloy, a senior legal fellow with the Energy and Environment Legal Institute and former Trump Environmental Protection Agency transition team member.
