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Trump Aims to Fast Track Alabama Coal Build-Out, Citing US Need. Nearly All the Coal Is Bound for Export

Inside Climate News · By Lee Hedgepeth · last updated
A Trump effort to streamline the project would benefit the overseas steelmaking industry while putting Alabamians and the environment at risk.

By Lee Hedgepeth

BROOKWOOD, Ala.—The Trump administration has announced it will aim to fast track the permitting and environmental review of a major coal mine expansion in central Alabama as part of a larger effort to accelerate the construction of what the government has labeled “critical mineral” infrastructure. 

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