Trump backs Oakland coal export terminal with Defense Production Act funds

Trump says he will invoke the Defense Production Act to invest nearly $700 million in upgrading 13 coal plants, build two new plants in Alaska and West Virginia, restart a shuttered Maryland plant, and fund a West Coast coal export terminal in Oakland to move U.S. coal overseas, arguing it strengthens national energy security; environmental and local groups warn it will raise electricity costs, worsen pollution, and undermine climate goals, and opponents vow to challenge the plan in court.