We have people wanting us to use less coal, but what alternatives do we have? renewables are too expensive and you can't rely on them for all weather conditions. If they want to get rid of coal, we'd need something like nuclear but you can imagine how that one goes? We also mine yellow cake, so nuclear would be a good one for us too, modern reactors are MUCH safer than the Chernobyl and Fukushima that make people scared.
We live in an age that we need more energy, good way for them to make more money i guess.