Trump orders Pentagon to buy coal-fired electricity / Photo: SAUL LOEB - AFP
-
Teen Antonelli wins again in Miami to extend title race lead
-
Ferrari's Leclerc admits he threw away Miami podium finish
-
Cristian Chivu, a winner with Inter on the pitch and in the dugout
-
Key players from Inter Milan's Serie A title triumph
-
No.4 Young cruises to PGA title at Doral
-
Vinicius double delays Barca title as Real Madrid down Espanyol
-
Inter Milan win Italian title for third time in six seasons
-
Spurs solved mental frailty to boost survival bid: De Zerbi
-
Miami champ Antonelli shrugs off success, vows 'back to work'
-
Man Utd beat Liverpool, Spurs climb out of relegation zone
-
Spurs out of relegation zone after vital win at Villa
-
No.1 Korda cruises to LPGA Mexico crown
-
Thompson-Herah shines at world relays, Tebogo helps Botswana to win
-
Three die on Atlantic cruise ship from suspected hantavirus: WHO
-
Germany's Merz says not 'giving up on working with Donald Trump'
-
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli wins Miami Grand Prix
-
Man Utd job feels 'natural' to Carrick
-
Ferguson taken to hospital before Man Utd win against Liverpool
-
'Devil Wears Prada 2' takes top spot in N. America box office
-
Iran weighs US response to peace plan after warning against military action
-
Gladbach sink Dortmund, St Pauli edge closer to drop
-
Rubio to visit Rome, meet Pope Leo after Trump row
-
Kyiv hits Russian oil sites as eight killed in both countries
-
Iran says US military operation 'impossible' as Trump mulls peace proposal
-
Man Utd beat Liverpool to secure Champions League place
-
Two die in 'respiratory illness' outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship
-
Barcelona sink Bayern to reach women's Champions League final
-
True Love lands eighth English 1000 Guineas for O'Brien
-
Sinner dismantles Zverev to win Madrid Open, set record
-
Brilliant Bordeaux clean out Bath to reach Champions Cup final
-
Second unexploded shell found at illegal French rave: minister
-
Bournemouth eye European place after crushing Palace
-
Pogacar ends dominant Tour of Romandie with fourth win
-
Chakravarthy, Narine help Kolkata stay alive in IPL
-
Daughter says Maradona died after carers' plan 'went out of control'
-
OPEC+ hikes oil production quotas but stays mum on UAE pull-out
-
Two women suffocate on migrant boat seeking to reach UK
-
How Schalke returned to the Bundesliga after their 'worst season ever'
-
Two women die on migrant boat seeking to reach UK
-
Mumbai coach Jayawardene backs Suryakumar to find his 'rhythm'
-
Under full moon, Shakira thrills 2 million fans on Rio's Copacabana beach
-
Bangkok food vendor curbs push city staple from the streets
-
More Nepalis drive electric, evading global fuel shocks
-
Latecomer Japan eyes slice of rising global defence spending
-
Messi goal not enough as Miami collapse in 4-3 loss to Orlando
-
German fertiliser makers and farmers struggle with Iran war fallout
-
OPEC+ to make first post-UAE production decision
-
Massive crowds fill Rio's Copacabana beach for Shakira concert
-
Embiid, Maxey shine as 76ers eliminate Celtics in NBA playoffs
-
Fleeting freedom at festival for India's transgender community
Trump orders Pentagon to buy coal-fired electricity
US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Wednesday to buy electricity from coal-fired plants, in his latest bid to boost an industry that is a major contributor to climate change.
Surrounded by coal miners at a ceremony in the White House, Trump signed an executive order directing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to strike long-term agreements involving coal.
Trump said coal was "critical to our national security" at the event, during which industry leaders presented the 79-year-old president with a trophy calling him the "undisputed champion of coal."
The order said the use of coal would give US military bases and facilities "uninterrupted, on-demand baseload power," reflecting Trump's claims that renewable energy sources are unreliable.
Trump has repeatedly championed the use of what he calls "beautiful clean coal" since returning to office in January 2025.
In April, Trump signed measures to "turbocharge coal mining" and more than double electricity production to keep up with China in the race for power-hungry AI technology.
Billionaire Trump is also pushing forward with a bid to erase the green policies of his Democratic predecessors Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
On Thursday, he is set to scrap a landmark scientific finding that greenhouse gases jeopardize public health -- the bedrock of US regulations to curb planet-warming pollution.
I.Yassin--SF-PST