The far left will believe anything their rich white far left masters tell them to believe.
But which far left site will they believe?
Analysis | The Energy 202: Coal production is actually up under Trump. Should he get credit?
And Trump? As to the question of whether Trump's coal-friendly policies, which include
the repeal of the Clean Power Plan and numerous other regulations on the industry, have given coal miners the confidence to increase production, energy experts say the Trump effecti s anywhere from small to negligible.
"This is not due to any 'Trump bump,' " Zindler said. "
Longer term, move away from coal will continue, recent policy pronouncements notwithstanding."
The long-term trends are hard to deny. Total coal mining capacity has shrunk from 1.37 million tons in 2008 to 1.16 million tons in 2015,
according to EIA. More dramatically, coal power plants have shuttered at a rapid rate. Since 2010, 259 of the nation's 523 coal power plants have retired or announced their retirement, according to the Sierra Club.
As one
recent study from the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia concluded, "Trump’s efforts to roll back environmental regulations will not materially improve economic conditions in America’s coal communities."
"There was a Trump bump for commodities in general right after the inauguration," Vitta said. "The administration and its policies made a difference, but it's a small difference compared to the effect of the price of natural gas and the level of demand in the international market."
Analysis | The Energy 202: Coal production is actually up under Trump. Should he get credit?
LOL Do you conservatives ever bother to actually read the links you post? The treasonous fat senile old orange clown had very little to do with the small positive bump coal has experianced. In the mean time, more coal plants are shutting down. They cannot compete economically with natural gas, wind, and solar.