The Supreme Court handed coal power a win. But experts say that won't save it

Coal-fired power plants, like the Longview Power Plant in Maidsville, W.Va., have struggled financially in recent years. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The state of North Dakota is rich in a kind of soft, brown coal, called lignite, which it burns to make electricity, selling the excess to neighboring states and Canada.

When then-President Barack Obama rolled out the Clean Power Plan in 2015, intending to curb the use of coal-fired power, state officials viewed it as a major threat.