Energy Department funds first new coal plant since 2013, led by MAGA activist with no energy experience
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Zack Colman, Ian M. Stevenson, Hannah Northey
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The Energy Department is funding a company partially led by a far-right MAGA activist and telecom executive with no energy industry experience to build the first new coal-fired power plant in the U.S. since 2013. The activist, Phillips, has been involved in Washington politics through telecommunications advisory boards, a trade association PAC, and his own PAC called the Great American Patriot Project. He gained prominence in the MAGA movement through his American Priority Conference (AM). The article examines how Trump administration policies are being used to revive the coal industry by placing loyalists in key energy positions.
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