Republicans Declare ‘Coal Week’ as Fossil-Fuel Agenda Goes into Overdrive

Republican lawmakers on Monday moved to declare Coal Week, amplifying the Trump administration’s push to expand U.S. coal output and keep aging plants online, the Washington Times reported. The resolution coincides with new executive actions to “reinvigorate” coal, including directives signed in April to boost production and preserve baseload capacity, as outlined in a White House executive order. The message to miners and utilities is that federal support is rising for coal as part of an energy-security agenda centered on domestic…