Judges Rule Trump Can’t Just Make Up An Emergency to Keep Coal Plant Open
Donald Trump’s administration loves declaring arbitrary emergencies to justify pretty much every part of its agenda, from immigration and tariffs to energy policy. Campbell Power Plant for years to reduce its carbon footprint. But in 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued the first in what became a series of six 90-day “emergency” orders to keep the plant open.
- ▪Donald Trump’s administration loves declaring arbitrary emergencies to justify pretty much every part of its agenda, from immigration and tariffs to energy policy.
- ▪Campbell Power Plant for years to reduce its carbon footprint.
- ▪But in 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued the first in what became a series of six 90-day “emergency” orders to keep the plant open.
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Donald Trump’s administration loves declaring arbitrary emergencies to justify pretty much every part of its agenda, from immigration and tariffs to energy policy. On Friday, a panel of three federal judges ruled that he can’t just do that with coal.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000810971","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"earther","SECTION":"energy","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"earther,energy","TAGS":"climate-change,coal,conservation,department-of-energy,donald-trump,fossil-fuel","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); The state of Michigan has planned to decommission the coal-fired J.H.
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