The Trump administration’s drive to boost United States’ coal production is gaining momentum with coal lease bids awarded in Alabama and Utah, new mine permits issued in Tennessee and Wyoming, and late-September’s opening of more than 13.1 million acres of federal mineral estate across six western states to coal-mining.
President Donald Trump’s January “National Energy Emergency Declaration” and “Unleashing American Energy” executive orders, and his April “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry” executive action, have loosened regulations, streamlined permitting, and classified coal, a sedimentary rock, as a critical mineral.
Those orders and policy actions are being implemented under the federal fiscal year 2026 budget, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law July 4, as key components in increasing energy production to meet spiking electricity demand largely spurred by artificial intelligence and data center development….
Trump Coal Boost Gains Momentum as Bids, Land Opened Up
