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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graig Graziosi

A coal plant was set to close in Michigan to transition to cleaner energy. Trump just ordered it to stay open

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to keep a coal-fired power plant in Michigan slated to close at the end of the month open through the end of summer.

The J.H. Campbell Plant in West Olive, Michigan was scheduled to close on May 31, but will now remain open after the Trump administration's Department of Energy warned of a heightened risk of blackouts during the summer.

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