Trump’s Big Coal Move Is A Giant Backhand to ‘America Last’ Democrats

and a group of governors and members of Congress. The money will protect 14 coal plants and 42 coal mines, build two new plants, and construct a major new export terminal.

More than $425 million will be used to upgrade and keep open 13 existing coal-fired plants across West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Arizona, Indiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. Another $185 million, pulled directly from climate programs, will fund new coal projects in Alaska, Maryland, and West Virginia.

The remaining $75 million will be used to build the West Gateway coal export terminal in Northern California, with capacity to handle 12 million tons of coal for markets in Japan, Taiwan, and other Asian nations.