EAI brief: US DOE’s “DRILL, BABY, DRILL,” preference for coal and “energy ADDITION”

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jul.2025, Words: 549) — As much of the world eyed (and still does) net zero emission goals with an aim on fuel switching primarily from coal to natural gas, the US under Trump 2.0 has openly stated it is in favor of coal. 

This, as US Department of Energy (DOE) secretary Chris Wright recently said the US was reinvigorating its “beautiful clean coal industry.”