"The Trump administration is looking to revive an industry in decline both in the US and globally. #Coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, is the single-largest source of carbon emissions and a large source of air pollution. Some 460,000 deaths in the US between 1999 and 2020 were attributable to coal-fired power plant pollution. "

https://earth.org/trumps-signs-executive-orders-to-revive-beautiful-clean-coal-in-blow-to-us-emissions-reduction-efforts/

Day eleven:

“About 90% of the #nuclear generation capacity the #Coalition proposes to build would not have access to enough water to run safely, according to a report commissioned by #LiberalsAgainstNuclear.

The report authored by Prof. #AndrewCampbell, a visiting fellow at the Australian National University (#ANU) , assessed nuclear energy’s #water needs and the available #supply across the seven sites where the Coalition has proposed new reactors.”

“Well done Angus”

If you remember the member for #Hume is insisting the Federal Government if the #LNP wins election will purchase, run and make a profit using nuclear power.

No mention of locations of power generation sites (I assume existing sites) nor is there any mention of #geological, #enviromental or #NuclearWaste disposal studies.

#Liberal / #NuclearPower / #ClimateEmergency / #gas / #coal <https://theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/not-enough-water-available-for-coalitions-nuclear-proposal-to-run-safely-report-finds>

Well, there it is…

#Trump has signed #ExecutiveOrders aimed at reviving the #coal industry.

The moves include loosening #environmental #law & #regulations.

Trump signed 4 EOs Tues aimed at expanding the mining & use of coal in the #US.

Flanked by dozens of miners in white hard hats [#propaganda photo op], Trump said he was instructing the #DOJ to identify & fight state policies & regulations that were “putting our coal miners out of business.”

#climate #PublicHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/climate/trump-order-coal-mining.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=5781E5BA-F178-4261-92CB-848513C43ED2

Inane

“Today at 3PM, President Trump will sign an Executive Order to reinvigorate AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE, AND CLEAN COAL!” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X on Tuesday. “Coal is critical to achieving American Energy and AI Dominance.”

While the phrase “clean coal” is popular among #Trump’s allies, #coal is by far the dirtiest of the #FossilFuels.

#Trump will also task the newly created National Energy Dominance Council with designating #coal as a mineral [umm, but, #science], a White House ofcl said. This classification will allow coal to benefit from a prior executive order that directed agencies to fast-track the permitting process for new mines on #PublicLands.

#Trump will direct federal agencies to loosen various restrictions on #coal mining, leasing & exports. He will instruct the #Interior Dept to resume coal leasing on millions of acres of #PublicLands, & he will order the #Energy Dept & other agencies to study whether more coal-fired #power plants can supply #electricity for #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenters.

Day nine

Not the Opposition leader making apologies for asking Canberra to go back to the Office to work, Not the, “I’m going to “sack the Public servants who do the Education and Health things ” (cite), but this from the Opposition Treasurer.

“Well done Angus”.

In an interview with ABC News Breakfast host James Glenday:

TAYLOR “We absolutely not backing down on that, I can assure you, James and we’re not backing down to making sure we drive down prices of electricity.”

GLENDAY asks how exactly the Coalition will pay for it?

TAYLOR “#NuclearPower is through to 2050, and it’s substantially lower than the cost of Labor’s policies.”

GLENDAY “It’s hundreds of billions of dollars no matter which way you twist it.”

TAYLOR “Well that’s the #EnergySystem. The energy system much of which is paid for by a combination of the #PrivateSector and #StateGovernments. The piece we will #finance, of course, is the #NuclearGenerators which will deliver a return and that’s how we have modelled it, James.”

Well done Angus, now show me the costings?

With no plan, #Liberal / #LNP make themselves open to critical analysis and thus reverse their decisions when deficiencies are pointed out.

#Leadership VS #Chaos

#Energy / #SolarPower / #WindPower / #Gas / #coal <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/07/australia-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-job-cuts-redundancies-batteries-solar?page=with%3Ablock-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a#block-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a>

But cars require roads.

Road infrastructure gobbles up gigantic quantities of steel cement and , indirectly, coal.

Cement works use any fuel - oil, gas, household waste. Old tyres in particular are very popular.

But on a global scale they burn mainly coal (70% of their fuel acc to the IEA, 90% acc to cement manufactures.

This is handy stuff—especially if you're thinking about buying a car! (3/3)