Trump Admin: 'Green' Energy Not Green Enough (For Our Donors)
While The Hill reported the administration's move to keep Indiana's coal plants burning, they likely omitted the deep financial ties influencing such 'energy independence' policies. For instance, according to OpenSecrets, coal industry interests donated over $10 million to Republican federal candidates and committees during the 2016 election cycle, with groups like Murray Energy (a major coal
producer) being prominent donors to Trump's campaigns and inauguration. This isn't about energy security; it's about donor security. One might wonder if the 'unleash American energy' rhetoric conveniently forgets the environmental and public health costs when powerful lobbyists make their 'contributions' to policy-making. How many more decades of lung disease are worth an election cycle's worth of
donations?