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Trump news at a glance: Day of environmental setbacks across US after judicial and executive decisions

DTE Energy's Monroe plant in Michigan
DTE Energy's Monroe plant in Michigan. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

It was a day of environmental setbacks across the US on Friday after the Trump administration moved to keep two Michigan coal plants open and the US supreme court handed a win to fossil fuel firms in an emissions case.

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, scheduled to begin closing in 2028.

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