Midwestern electricity ratepayers will pay the still-mounting tab under a plan Consumers Energy reported to regulators and investors.

By Marianne Lavelle

The Trump administration’s emergency order to keep the huge J.H. Campbell coal plant on Lake Michigan operating past its planned retirement date has cost at least $80 million since May, its operator, Consumers Energy, told regulators and investors this week.

Trump’s Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Has Cost $80 Million So Far

Tons of coal and diesel fuel spilled into wetlands that are hard to access to cleanup.

By Charles Paullin

A train derailment last Saturday dumped coal and diesel fuel into wetlands near the Chickahimony River in Virginia, and nearby residents and environmentalists worry that the contaminants could flow into the waterway.

CSX Train Derailment in Virginia Puts Chickahominy River at Risk

Deep River Data, with ties to cryptocurrency, says it would use the extracted gas to power a data center for “AI workloads,” not crypto mines.

By Lisa Sorg

A company with connections to the cryptocurrency industry is considering drilling for natural gas near the Deep River north of Sanford in Lee County, North Carolina.

A Company Eyes What Would Be North Carolina’s First Commercial Natural Gas Well