{"id":242707,"date":"2026-07-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/trump-wants-new-coal-plants-built-in-the-us-the-price-tag-could-be-astronomical\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T08:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:10:27","slug":"trump-wants-new-coal-plants-built-in-the-us-the-price-tag-could-be-astronomical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/trump-wants-new-coal-plants-built-in-the-us-the-price-tag-could-be-astronomical\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump wants new coal plants built in the US. The price tag could be astronomical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/13\/climate\/trump-new-coal-plants-could-cost-billions\">Trump wants new coal plants built in the US. The price tag could be astronomical<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/13\/climate\/trump-new-coal-plants-could-cost-billions\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/13\/climate\/trump-new-coal-plants-could-cost-billions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-13 08:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnn.com\">www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Trump administration wants to build two large coal-fired power plants, aiming to support coal-fired power by providing over $100 million in federal funding for feasibility studies.<\/li>\n<li>This move would mark a significant change in U.S. energy policy, as it\u2019s been 13 years since a new large coal-fired plant was constructed in the country.<\/li>\n<li>Despite federal support, the feasibility of these projects is questioned due to the high costs associated with incorporating carbon capture technology. Constructing such a plant could cost over $10 billion.<\/li>\n<li>Current coal plants face competition from cheaper natural gas and renewable sources, leading to gradual decommissioning of coal plants.<\/li>\n<li>Although carbon capture technology promises reduced emissions, it is not yet proven and may find more favor among natural gas plants due to their existing lower costs and higher grid presence.<\/li>\n<li>Energy demand surges from data centers and peak power demands have renewed interest in coal plants for their reliability, though recent experience indicates coal plants are not always the most dependable option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump wants new coal plants built in the US. The price tag could be astronomical&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2224533087-20260709155649896.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242709,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242707\/revisions\/242709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}