Trump’s policies won’t bring back coal, but they are driving up Virginians’ energy costs

By: Ivy Main

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: June 24, 2026

Words: 1,188

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago

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If virtue signaling has a Trump-era corollary, we might call it vice signaling. That’s what President Donald Trump’s most recent package of subsidies for the coal industry looks like: it infuriates the environmentalists he despises and thereby delivers a little dopamine hit to the president’s base, while accomplishing nothing meaningful for the industry or the nation’s energy supply.

On the other hand, the administration’s policy moves on energy are definitely hurting the clean technologies …

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