Trump’s DOE keeps forcing coal plants to stay open. Here’s the latest.

Published on August 7, 2026

See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . This story and map will be regularly updated with the latest on the Trump administration’s orders forcing coal plants to stay open. It was shocking back in May 2025 when the Trump administration took the unprecedented step of forcing an old coal plant to…

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