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Chris Wright: “Without clean beautiful coal, a modern world is impossible.”

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'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies

Published June 4, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:09

Great job. And Secretary Chris Wright. Please, no coal, no modern world. Stated another way, Without clean beautiful coal, a modern world is impossible. And we saw 17 years ago President Obama's election an all out attack on the American coal industry, the industry that built our nation. (00:09–00:16)

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“Coal has been the largest source of global electricity for 125 years in a row and will be for decades to come.”
'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies | Uploaded June 4, 2026 | 00:32-00:42
“Hundreds, conservatively hundreds of Americans were, would have lost their lives if those 17 coal plants had closed.”
'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies | Uploaded June 4, 2026 | 01:45-01:53
“Coal stepped up and produced 25% more electricity during this storm than its normal reliable chugging out of electricity.”
'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies | Uploaded June 4, 2026 | 02:24-02:32
“Seventeen coal plants were not closed in 2025 because of President Trump sitting at this desk and in this position right here.”
'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies | Uploaded June 4, 2026 | 01:24-01:34
“That saved 17 gigawatts of electric generating capacity.”
'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies | Uploaded June 4, 2026 | 01:35-01:40
“In the United States, [coal] remains a critical source of our electricity.”
'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies | Uploaded June 4, 2026 | 01:55-01:55
“45 coal plants are open today that would not be open [without government efforts].”
'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies | Uploaded June 4, 2026 | 03:31-03:39
“That's $700 million of government funding, but it's matched with $1.7 billion of private investment from the owners and operators of those…”
'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies | Uploaded June 4, 2026 | 03:48-03:59
“We are going to reindustrialize America, win in the next generation of technologies, and we're going to do it in critical part because of a…”
'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies | Uploaded June 4, 2026 | 04:24-04:34