# US court rejects Trump emergency order keeping Michigan coal plant open

https://mins.news/en/item/55995

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-12 15:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/12/us-court-rejects-trumps-emergency-order-keeping-michigan-coal-plant-open?traffic_source=rss

> A federal appeals court unanimously ruled that the Energy Department exceeded its authority by ordering Michigan’s 64-year-old JH Campbell Generating Plant to stay open after its planned retirement. The court found no qualifying emergency under federal law, dealing a setback to the Trump administration’s effort to keep ageing coal plants operating.

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