A diverse, reliable mix of fuels is essential to achieving President Trump’s goal of America being a global energy superpower. By recognizing the value of energy supplies that deliver power around-the-clock, the Trump administration and the Environmental Protection Agency are doing what they can to ensure that coal plants undergird the electric grid.
Instead of waging a vengeful war on coal by picking energy winners and losers, as had been done in the Obama years, the EPA intends to set greenhouse gas guidelines for power plants that are consistent with the Clean Air Act and ensure that states play their proper role. Under this plan, the United States will be able to achieve a reduction in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions without the unworkable Paris climate-change agreement or the failed and overreaching regulations of the previous administration.
