WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump signed four executive actions on Tuesday aimed at protecting and bolstering America’s coal industry.
Trump signed the orders during an East Room event, attended by key Cabinet members like Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin.
The first was an order that “directs all departments and agencies of the federal government to end all discriminatory policies against the coal industry,” White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf announced at the signing ceremony.
“This ends the leasing moratorium that prevents new coal projects on federal land, and it’s going to accelerate all permitting and funding for new coal projects to allow the coal industry to flourish under your leadership,” Scharf told Trump.
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