The politicians can give all the speeches they want and make promises they can't deliver.
The simple fact is coal's future is dead..
It now cost $50 to produce a megawatt of solar power. Meanwhile it costs $102 to produce that same megawatt burning coal.
https://www.businessinsider.com/sola...18-5?r=US&IR=T
All the coal miners living in the past will still be unemployed next year and 10 years from now if they don't get off their asses and learn a new trade.
This is why Trump was trying to place tariffs on solar panels because he like other Republicans would rather waste tax payers money and cause you to pay 2 times as much for electricity than to admit they are wrong.
There will never be a new coal power plant built in the US.