From the article, SYAC.

The rise in coal use was largely driven by the growth of data centres.

“Make no mistake: China is still by far the biggest CO2 emitter in the world” in absolute terms, Law stressed.

The surge in US coal came amid president Donald Trump’s explicit pro-coal agenda.

Despite the country’s coal surge, solar has also increased in the US and generated more electricity than coal for the first time in May this year.