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The Trump administration’s latest initiative to sustain the coal sector isn’t likely to succeed, concludes a report whose sponsors include Bank of America and the energy companies Entergy and Exelon.

An initiative in Morehead “is taking a portion of our state that prided itself on powering the country in the coal industry and pivoting to being a leader in sustainable agriculture.”

Coal’s share of the electricity-generation market is down three points this year, to a record low 24 percent, driving two big producers to combine operations in Colorado and Wyoming owing to “cutthroat competition.”

Consumers Energy, which has more than 6 million customers, won regulatory approval for plans to invest heavily in renewables while phasing out traditional electricity-generation plants.

Three U.S. senators are calling for an end to taxpayer subsidies for a program that incentives energy companies to burn coal—and that rewards Wall Street for investing in the fading sector.

As Kayenta Mine prepares for shutdown, concerns locally are that Peabody Energy will jettison more long-timer workers in favor of contract reclamation employees.

Data centers and logistic hubs are finding new homes in old digs: “The stress on coalfield communities created by the transition underway in the U.S. electricity industry and globally need not be a one-way street to nowhere.”

“Companies nowadays, especially tech companies, are looking at communities that have more renewable energy in their portfolio,” said Danville City Manager Ken Larking.

While wind-generation companies are pouring money into offshore projects, Maine has missed out as developers have turned to friendlier venues. “They currently are making investments in the United States, but elsewhere,” one consultant said.

An agricultural co-op has increased its commercial producer count by fivefold in two years and seen net revenue grow from $65,000 to $225,000. Expectations are that profits will top $500,000 this year.