Frank Maisano, senior principal in Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group, discussed with WyoFile the outlook for coal under a new Trump administration.
“You can’t sugar coat it: Coal is facing some significant challenges,” said Maisano. “But [coal proponents] certainly are going to have a better time of it with this administration, who is not openly hostile to them.”
“The previous administration’s focus was a whole-of-government approach on climate change,” Maisano explained. “This administration’s whole-of-government approach is energy dominance.”
Wyoming coal proponents are hopeful that an energy-focused administration will help extend the life of an industry that has served as an economic bulwark for the state for the past 50 years.