The “emegency” was not enough profits for the fossil fuels industry, rather than a need for the electricity an ancient coal-burning power plant might generate, and the Trump administration plan has been to [prevent all coal-burning power plants from shutting down](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/climate/trump-coal-plants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1A.-LNq.c_mDxs6zWjsE) — even if they’re already broken, don’t work, aren’t needed, or are simply more expensive than wind, solar, and utility-scale batteries.
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>“There’s no emergency,” said attorney Kelly Wood with the Washington Attorney General’s Office. “The authority that they’re drawing upon here is reserved for times of war and times of actual, imminent emergency situations. So think of things like hurricanes, earthquakes.”
Does *emergency* now mean whatever a corporatist wants?
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If there’s such a power “emergency” why is the administration simultaneously halting all wind and solar generating projects?
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The “emegency” was not enough profits for the fossil fuels industry, rather than a need for the electricity an ancient coal-burning power plant might generate, and the Trump administration plan has been to [prevent all coal-burning power plants from shutting down](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/climate/trump-coal-plants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1A.-LNq.c_mDxs6zWjsE) — even if they’re already broken, don’t work, aren’t needed, or are simply more expensive than wind, solar, and utility-scale batteries.
>“There’s no emergency,” said attorney Kelly Wood with the Washington Attorney General’s Office. “The authority that they’re drawing upon here is reserved for times of war and times of actual, imminent emergency situations. So think of things like hurricanes, earthquakes.”
Does *emergency* now mean whatever a corporatist wants?
If there’s such a power “emergency” why is the administration simultaneously halting all wind and solar generating projects?