‘Boneheaded’: Taxpayer advocates decry Trump administration WV coal plant subsidies
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President Donald Trump announces more than $600 million in support for the coal industry at the White House on June 4, 2026, flanked, from left, by Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Lee Zeldin.
With Gov. Patrick Morrisey, Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., and a coterie of Republican governors, congressmen and cabinet officials standing behind him at the White House Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump fabricated a past that never existed before peddling — at taxpayers’ expense — what market trends and consumer advocates say is an impossible energy future.
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