Mexican Stand-off?

Just when people are finally starting to come together to try to halt the climate crisis, it is disappointing to read that the Mexican President is boosting 'local' coal and petroleum burning (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/mexico-coal-fossil-fuels-climate-crisis-amlo). Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (known as Amlo) is set to buy almost 2m tons of thermal coal from small Mexican producers. This will be used to re-activate 2 coal-powered electricity generating plants on the Texas border. Amlo is also set to generate more electricity using petroleum, putting developments like solar and wind power on the 'back burner' (he claims they are not reliable- where have we heard that before?). The suggestion is that the move will allow Mexico to provide all its own energy requirements. This seems an extremely retrograde step by a country that has first-hand experience of the effects of damaging climate change (hurricanes anyone?).