coal fired power plant

The Department of Energy extended its 90-day order another 90 days to require Consumers Energy to keep an aging coal-burning power plant running, despite state's assessment it's not needed.

Consumers Energy is running an aging coal-burning electric power plant near Lake Michigan past its scheduled closing date at the order of the Trump administration.

Consumers Energy had planned to shutter the JH Campbell complex for good at the end of May. But eight days before that, the U.S. Department of Energy ordered it to remain open for at least 90 more days, citing a law that allows the federal government to mandate power production in emergency situations.

Nine environmental groups are taking the Department of Energy to court to end its order to keep the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant open past Consumers Energy's planned closure date.

The J.H. Campbell plant in Ottawa County was scheduled to end operations on May 31.

Renewable energy projects could lose their power to go around local zoning laws under bills that passed Wednesday in the Michigan House.

Michigan has far to go to meet net zero carbon emissions, but progress is being made. Researchers say we need to look farther ahead and prepare now for the technical challenges that must be overcome.

An environmental group says many utilities are operating their coal-burning power plants at a loss for long periods, with increased costs to customers and the environment

A study in the journal Science estimates particulate matter (PM 2.5) from coal increases potential premature death twice as often as particulate matter from other sources.

DTE Energy, the largest energy company in Michigan, is proposing to accelerate the closure of the state’s largest power plant.