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Trump's Energy Department keeps ordering coal plants to stay open after losing in court
The Energy Department is still ordering aging coal plants to stay open after a federal appeals court ruled it overstepped its ...
The Good Men Project
A Federal Judge Just Told Trump There’s No ‘Emergency’ to Justify Keeping a Michigan Coal Plant Open
The Department of Energy overstepped when it ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Michigan to stay open past its planned retirement date last year, a federal court ruled on Friday.
Mediafeed on MSN
Trump administration’s emergency order to extend coal power plant operation is illegal, court says
Ruling could have implications for multiple orders that have kept polluting, unreliable coal plants from retiring as ...
The Earth Times
Michigan Coal Ruling Limits DOE Emergency Power
Michigan coal ruling curbs DOE emergency authority and raises cost, grid planning, and state oversight questions after the ...
JD Supra
Michigan v. DOE: D.C. Circuit Rejects DOE’s Use of Federal Power Act Emergency Powers to Block Plant Retirements
During times of war or emergency, section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act (“FPA”) authorizes the Department of Energy (“DOE”) to order the ...
The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.
In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.
The Colorado Sun
Feds order Craig coal plant open for another 3 months
Federal officials ordered Tri-State Generation’s Craig coal-fired power unit open for another three months, nearly through December, extending the “emergency” action despite successful challenges to ...
Michigan joins suit to block EPA's repeal of power plant carbon rule
Power plants are the second-biggest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions after autos and account for a quarter of U.S.