Michigan coal plant ordered to stay online

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COAL

• The Trump administration orders a large Michigan coal plant set to close on May 31 to stay open for at least three months, citing reliability concerns that critics call a manufactured energy emergency. (Canary Media)

• The operator of a large southern Illinois coal plant will get a two-year exemption from the Trump administration on tougher air pollution regulations as plant owners across the country delay closure plans. (Chicago Tribune)

BATTERIES

• Executives overseeing battery component production at a western Michigan LG Energy Solution plant say the combination of tariffs and restricting subsidies would devastate the domestic market that’s attempting to compete with China. (New York Times)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Sixteen states and several environmental groups sue the Trump administration for attempting to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding for networks of electric vehicle charging stations. (Inside Climate News)

SOLAR

• A developer begins meeting with Ohio landowners for a potential 1,600-acre solar project near Dayton that’s generating opposition from local officials. (WYSO)

• Michigan clean energy advocates say repealing federal tax credits for home solar installations would cause ​“tremendous damage” to the burgeoning market and suppliers that make solar products. (Michigan Public)

• Removing the sign for a rejected Ohio solar development serves as a symbolic win for local residents who opposed the project. (Peak of Ohio)

UTILITIES

• Electricity price spikes in Illinois have become a main point of contention as state lawmakers debate clean energy legislation ahead of a May 31 end to the current session. (Capitol News Illinois)

CLIMATE

• The new leader of a southwestern Michigan climate action collaborative works to advance the organization’s environmental justice mission after having a $19 million grant rescinded by the Trump administration. (MLive)

COMMENTARY

• Incentives for ​“sustainable aviation fuel” included in President Trump’s federal spending bill would prolong climate problems associated with growing corn and soybeans for fuel, author Michael Grunwald writes. (Yale Environment 360)

• Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds should veto a carbon pipeline bill that would have far-reaching implications for thwarting carbon sequestration projects, biofuel advocates write. (Des Moines Register)

NEW FROM CANARY

• After discovering gender disparities in EV adoption, Virginia nonprofit Generation180’s ​“I’ll Drive What She’s Driving” campaign works across the country to show women that EVs are a good choice, Elizabeth Ouzts reports.

• House Republicans tore apart clean energy incentives in their budget bill, only providing exceptions for nuclear power, Kathryn Krawczyk reports.