Trump is lying as usual.
Trump: "The miners are back to work now."
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) August 20, 2020
Reality: coal production capacity dropped last year to its lowest point since 1976.
Source: https://t.co/fUEzebwPgv
A broken Trump promise you probably won’t hear about from Biden (unless he veers off script)
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) August 10, 2020
coal production in 2016 was 728.4 million tons. Last year it was 705.3 million tons.
Coal has not come back under Trump. https://t.co/qXl6olc9zU
As coal has grown more expensive relative to natural gas and, more recently, renewables, utilities have begun shifting away from it. But coal companies don’t want to accept defeat. https://t.co/aHLonKqADL
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) July 27, 2020
"Coal has no place in Covid-19 recovery plans."
— CNN (@CNN) July 9, 2020
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged countries to stop financing the coal industry, to deliver a sustainable future following the pandemic. https://t.co/leuAR5g0bH
Larimer County coal-fired power plant will close 16 years early as Colorado speeds move toward renewable energy https://t.co/1W3lfZ9dyP via @laurenirwin88
— Jesse Aaron Paul ☀ (@JesseAPaul) June 17, 2020
Opinion: Trump pledged to bring back coal.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 13, 2020
Like everything under him, it collapsed instead. https://t.co/YIp6Dgk2Eg
Sad! 