As part of his pledge to “unleash American energy,” President Donald Trump is leading a resurgence in the country’s coal industry, finally addressing longstanding concerns about grid reliability and ending the regulatory war on what was once the nation’s most important energy source.

Trump recently signed a highly anticipated executive order on “reinvigorating America’s beautiful clean coal industry” that is expected to provide major relief for coal power plants and stop dozens of planned plant closures. Along with revoking a bevy of Biden-era rules, Trump’s order states that coal is “essential to our national and economic security” and that it is “a national priority to support the domestic coal industry by removing Federal regulatory barriers that undermine coal production.”

Emphasizing the significance of this move, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, “I am authorizing my Administration to begin producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL immediately.”

Trump hosted a group of coal miners at the White House when he signed the order, even inviting some of them to speak. One of them, Jeff Crowe from West Virginia, thanked Trump for signing the order and working to end the stigma on coal energy production.