Trump opens up $100M to help coal plants

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

11/03/25 12:46 PM ET


The Trump administration is making $100 million available for existing coal plants to help make them profitable, the Energy Department says. The department said in a press release Friday that it was making the funds available to “refurbish and modernize” existing coal plants.

Coal use in the U.S. has been declining in recent years since its peak in 2007. In 2023, it made up about 16 percent of U.S. electric power.

However, the Trump administration has sought to bolster coal use, including by ordering a Michigan coal plant to remain open, reducing environmental regulations and providing funding. “These projects will help keep America’s coal plants operating and ensure the United States has the reliable and affordable power it needs to keep the lights on and power our future,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in a written statement .

It’s not immediately clear where the $100 million in funding will come from.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5586586-trump-coal-plants-energy-department/

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More money "found" during a funding lapse, to kill more people rather than help people stay alive.

[JBTaurus83]

1. Can't figure out

How to fund SNAP though.

[underpants]

6. Stalling tactic. They asked the judge HOW?

B. S. they know how. They are just playing cruel games.

[Walleye]

2. Is he also shifting money into producing buggy whips?

he won’t be happy until he has destroyed most of this country physically and spiritually

[usonian]

3. Trump to Amercans: LET THEM EAT COAL!

[Captain Zero]

4. Will he be heating Trump Tower with coal?

This winter or next?
Maybe he already does??

[doc03]

5. $100 million is a rounding error today. nt

[Mme. Defarge]

7. I have mixed feelings about switching from oil heat -

my late husband's decision 20 years ago when it was time to replace our home's original oil furnace - to coal. That is, the heat pump and electric furnace I installed are actually powered by coal generated electricity from Warren Buffet's mines in Montana. Not a fan of natural gas, and a little nervous about relying on solar energy in the Pacific Northwest, and not given a choice in electric power companies. Mais, c'est la guerre.

[modrepub]

8. Operating Coal Plants Increases Electric Prices

Coal plants are more expensive to run so most consumers will be paying extra to buy electricity produced by these plants.

Winning!

[twodogsbarking]

9. Y'uns don't need no sewer line just build yerself an outhouse, two seater, and some magazines for, well.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Dirty polluting coal more important than hungry American children.

[C_U_L8R]

11. Harvesting coal to put in every poor kid's stocking.

Bah humbug

[BlueWavePsych]

12. Yeeehaw!

[trusty elf]

13. ...

[Botany]

14. This will change nothing.

The utilities have put billions into switching their power plants from coal to gas and they are
not going back. Gas although a huge contributor of greenhouse gases is cheaper, cleaner,
much easier to use, and doesn’t produce the tons of left over toxic by products as coal.

[hatrack]

15. $100 million is a fart in a phone booth - that's about enough for upgrades on one plant - maybe.

But hey, symbolic bullshit is what they do best. Come to think of it, it's the only thing they do.