The strategy that the Trump administration could follow will have significant benefits for regions that desperately need the jobs: the coal mining sector and the forest products sector. …This well-proven co-firing strategy, which is already in place in many other countries, can provide certainty for the need for US produced coal, certainty for US coal mining jobs, and stimulate billions of dollars of new capital investment for the production of solid fuel derived from the by-products of the primary forest products sector. …By supporting the blending of 15% US produced bioresource derived solid fuel with 85% US produced coal in coal- fueled power plants, the strategy will support the continued operation of those power plants and therefore will sustain the demand for coal as part of the power generation fuel mix. The plan will also strongly support the otherwise fading markets for residual forest products.