Marketplace: “How Much Will the US Energy Mix Change under Trump? Maybe Not Much.”
RFF Fellow Daniel Raimi discusses the United States’ energy future.
“Coal production and consumption has declined dramatically in the United States, and that’s primarily because we’re producing natural gas at a very low cost,” said Daniel Raimi, a fellow at the nonprofit Resources for the Future.
He believes coal will continue to decline under the Trump administration. “Because of the competition from natural gas and renewables, renewables are almost certainly to keep growing,” he said.
