White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open
by Tom Perkins from Environment | The Guardian on (#6Y40H)
One plant produces more arsenic pollution than any other in US, and the other has been slated for closure since 2021
The Trump administration is moving to keep open two Michigan coal plants that emit about 45% of the state's greenhouse gas pollution, which opponents say is an indication of how the US president plans to wield his controversial national energy emergency executive order.
Already, the US Department of Energy (DoE) has ordered the JH Campbell coal plant on Lake Michigan to remain open beyond its 31 May closure date, while the administration is expected to prolong the life of the Monroe power plant on Lake Erie, currently scheduled to begin closing in 2028.
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