Day twelve 

“Donald Trump says he has ambitions to compete with #Australia on coal production after signing executive orders designating the fossil fuel as a #mineral and vowing to reinvigorate an industry that is in steep decline. …
During a rambling one-hour speech that spanned illegal immigration from Africa, Germany’s wind industry and energy challenges in California, Trump also specifically referenced Australia’s #CoalTrade with #China.
‘We have more coal than any other country. You go to Australia, they have fantastic amounts of coal. You know who they sell it to?’ he asked several dozen hard hat-wearing coal miners in the #WhiteHouse.
‘China. They sell it to China. They’re nearby. They sell a lot of it to China. But we have more than anywhere else on earth. We also have more liquid gold than anywhere on earth. So we’re really an #energy behemoth, but we’re unleashing that also.’”
Energy Resources. We should see some response by either party as to their Environmental and Climate policies by what is and isn’t said.
#AusPol / #ClimateEmergency / #tariffs / #minerals / #Liberal #LNP / #Labor <https://archive.md/lzK4E> / <https://afr.com/companies/mining/trump-cites-australia-in-his-beautiful-clean-coal-energy-overhaul-20250409-p5lqjl> (paywall)