This is infuriating, John.
Donald Trump is forcing a coal plant to stay open — and sticking local ratepayers with the bill.
A coal-fired power plant in Michigan was scheduled to shut down at the end of August. But just eight days before the deadline, Trump used emergency powers to force the plant to keep running.1
Will you help us hold the Trump administration accountable? Add your name to our petition to the Secretary of Energy today to demand they close this coal plant.
Who wants this?!
Not Michigan ratepayers. The plant’s closure would have saved ratepayers $600 million by 2040. Every day Trump forces the plant to stay open will cost ratepayers an estimated $1 million per day in operating costs.
Not local residents. Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel, and living near a coal plant is hazardous for your health. In Pennsylvania, childhood asthma visits to local hospitals dropped by 41% after a nearby coal plant was shut down. But for now, neighboring residents in Michigan will be forced to keep breathing in pollution from the coal plant.
Not even the energy companies. The Trump administration claimed that closing the plant would strain the regional energy grid. This was news to the grid operator and utility company, who insist that they can meet peak summer demand without the coal plant, and have been planning for the plant’s closure.2
So who exactly does this benefit? Donald Trump, his Big Oil buddies, and his fossil-fueled agenda — that’s who.
We need to shut down dirty, polluting fossil-fueled power plants like this one in Michigan. We need to repower our neighborhoods with justly sourced, community-owned, affordable renewable energy. And we need to stand up to the Trump administration’s outrageous attempts to sabotage our clean energy future.
In solidarity,
Katrina for Team 350
Source:
1 - The Guardian
2 - The Guardian
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