A Catholic site might not be the best place to argue against environmental issues. As for the plan itself, it spurs a lot of development in clean power and there are far more people working in clean power than the coal industry. It also attempts to remedy a host of other problems associated with fossil fuels. Basically, Trump is trying to pour perfume on a pig, the pig being fossil fuels. It may not smell like a pig but it's still a pig.

Meanwhile, we've just completed a new $1.85 billion project adding new 345 kV power lines to bring the energy being created by our new wind plants to market. All part of the development spurred by the plan you mention. Those a jobs too...