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And what NRDC is doing to stop the dirty coal plant resurrection
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The Trump administration is pulling out all the stops to
support dirty coal. Here’s what you need to know.
The Trump administration announced dangerous plans late last
month to open 13.1 million acres of public land for coal mining
and make it cheaper for coal companies to mine, cost taxpayers
$625 million to upgrade aging coal plants, and delay pollution
safeguards on wastewater and emissions.
See NRDC’s response to this dangerous move. ( [link removed] )
We’ve laid out all the steps this administration has taken that
led us to this latest crisis for our public health and our
climate — and how NRDC is resisting going back to our oldest and
dirtiest energy source.
( [link removed] )
DONATE ( [link removed] )
Dear NRDC Supporter,
Coal was already on its way out — too dirty, too expensive, and
too unreliable to meet today’s energy needs. Yet the Trump
administration is working overtime to drag us backwards, propping
up an obsolete energy source and putting our health and wallets
on the line.
The timeline:
March - April 2025
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin
invited coal companies to simply email in requests for exemptions
from clean air standards. Shockingly, 71 coal plants across 23
states were granted two-year passes to ignore limits on hazardous
pollutants like mercury, a potent neurotoxin.
What this means for you:
Communities near these plants — often low-income and communities
of color — will breathe dirtier, more dangerous air.
What NRDC is doing: NRDC filed
a lawsuit alongside 11 other environmental and community groups
to overturn the Trump administration’s illegal move to exempt
coal-fired power plants from complying with lifesaving air
pollution limits under the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
(MATS).
Learn more about why we sued the Trump administration for
allowing coal plants to ignore Clean Air Act standards. ( [link removed] )
May - August
2025
Instead of allowing a polluting and outdated coal plant in
Michigan to retire on May 31 as planned, federal officials
forced the utility to keep it open — overriding state and local
decisions. The administration claimed “grid reliability,” but
really it’s just another bailout for coal.
What this means for you:
Communities that wanted this plant closed face prolonged
pollution exposure and increased risks of asthma and heart
disease.
And consumers could pay $3–$6 billion more per year in higher
electric bills to keep this and other old fossil fuel plants
running past their retirement dates, even though cheaper, cleaner
replacements are ready to take their place.
What NRDC is doing: NRDC and
other public interest groups challenged ( [link removed] ) the administration’s forced illegal extension of the Michigan
coal plant’s operations. And when the administration issued
another illegal extension in August, NRDC and our partners
immediately filed a challenge ( [link removed] ) with the Department of Energy — bringing us one step closer to
filing a lawsuit if the administration doesn’t back down.
Read more about how keeping the Michigan coal plant open will
drive up costs, hurt Michiganders’ health, and prevent Michigan
from reaching its clean energy goals. ( [link removed] )
September -
October 2025
This brings us to the administration’s most recent brazen moves
yet. The Department of Interior, Department of Energy, and EPA
released a plan that amounts to giving coal a free pass and free
cash.
What this means for you:
* More of your public lands
are now open for coal mining. This means your rivers, streams,
and lakes run the risk of being sullied by toxic runoff from coal
mining operations.
* Rollbacks on wastewater and pollution standards for coal power
plants threaten the water we drink and the air we breathe. Coal
power pollution killed 460,000 people between 1999 and 2020; but
85 percent of those deaths occurred before 2007 and before these
standards started.
* You're the one paying the price for this dirty energy source. A
recent analysis shows that 99 percent of coal plants are more
expensive to run than renewable energy. That means higher bills
for you.
* Investing in fossil fuels of the past means less investment in
reliable clean energy. As energy demands increase, we won’t be
able to keep up without solar and wind. So that could mean lights
out for you during extreme weather.
What NRDC is doing: NRDC is
assessing our legal options for how we can stop these moves. And
we’ll be reaching out to members like you to contact your local,
state, and federal lawmakers to stop these reckless rollbacks.
Read more about why the Trump administration’s attempts to bring
back coal are destined to fail — but will cause pain for the rest
of us as the administration prolongs its death. ( [link removed] )
We are appalled at the lengths the Trump administration will go
to waste so much money keeping such an outdated and dangerous
industry on life support. We have plenty of clean and affordable
energy projects waiting for the green light to get connected to
our electrical grid. And all of these projects combined are
necessary to meet U.S. energy needs — and then some. This means
more reliable energy, at a lower cost, and with less of an impact
on our environment.
And NRDC won’t stop advocating and litigating until we have it.
Sincerely,
NRDC
Donate ( [link removed] )
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