Overview
- At a White House event, the Washington Coal Club presented President Trump with an inaugural 'Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal' trophy.
- Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. military to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants.
- The Mirror US reported that Trump instructed the Department of Energy to allocate $175 million for upgrades at plants in West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and North Carolina, a detail not yet widely corroborated.
- Trump said he has saved 74 coal plants from closures and announced Tennessee Valley Authority action to preserve two facilities in Tennessee.
- The Natural Resources Defense Council and EDF Action criticized the measures, while comedian Jordan Klepper mocked the award and called out Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s remarks minimizing CO2 as a pollutant.