US Coal Production Dropping Again

Here's the 52-week moving average in megatonnes per year:

  

Data from US Energy Information Administration

This average is down almost 60% from its maximum in early 2007. Similar for US coal consumption:

25% of coal mining workers had lost their jobs by the end of Trump's first term. This election they decided not to endorse a presidential candidate.

Sadly, their job losses will no doubt continue. Good news for the climate (relatively) but bad news for families, towns and regions. Politicians seems to have little interest in retraining programs. When Hillary Clinton labeled an entire group "deplorables," she proposed a $30 billion retraining program at the same time. Guess which got the headlines.