OAN Staff Abril Elfi 
4:21 PM – Tuesday, April 8, 2025

President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders that aim to boost coal production, bringing back the long-declining coal sector by rolling back Democrat measures.

“We’re bringing back an industry that was abandoned,” said Trump. “We’re ending [former President] Joe Biden’s war on clean coal, once and for all.”

The White House stated that Trump’s directive directs federal agencies to identify coal resources on federal lands, remove barriers to coal mining, and prioritize coal leasing on federal lands.

Furthermore, the order directs Trump’s Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to acknowledge the termination of the Jewel Mortarium — which halted coal leasing on federal lands.