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Trump’s Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Has Cost $80 Million So Far

Midwestern electricity ratepayers will pay the still-mounting tab under a plan Consumers Energy reported to regulators and investors.

By Marianne Lavelle

A view of Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Duke Energy plans to apply for a license extension for its nuclear plants, including Shearon Harris in southern Wake County. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

In Its New Carbon Plan, Duke Energy Gambles on Coal as a Shorter-Term Fix for Powering Data Centers

By Lisa Sorg

The coal-fired John E. Amos Power Plant in West Virginia. Credit: Joseph Sohm/Visions of America via Getty Images

Coal Is Rising Along with Solar in the U.S. Power System, While Gas Loses a Step

By Dan Gearino

The J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich., was ordered to stay open by the Department of Energy earlier this year. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions

By Carrie Klein

Emissions fume at the coal-fired Oak Grove Power Plant on April 29, 2024, in Robertson County, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The Danger of Losing the EPA’s Endangerment Finding

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

A view of the coal-fired Brandon Shores Power Plant, which supplies energy to grid operator PJM, in Stoney Beach, Md. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Clean Energy Industry Questions a New PJM Proposal That Could Move Fossil Fuel Projects to the Front of the Interconnection Queue

By Aman Azhar

The State Line Power Station near Chicago

Aged Ind. Coal Plant Driven Out of Business

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

Judge: No Jail Time for Guilty Coal Protestors

Paul Lewis and Nidhi Prakash, Guardian

College Campuses Continue to Leave Coal Behind

By Joan Oleck

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