Today’s headlines: Clean energy firms compensate, another coal plant extension, and more

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CLEAN ENERGY

• Clean energy executives say they’re finding ways to adapt and grow their businesses after the rollback of federal tax credits and other setbacks, largely by painting clean energy as a more economical choice or a solution to rising power demand. (New York Times)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The DOE orders Unit 1 at Colorado’s Craig coal plant to stay open another 90 days, after it was scheduled to shut down at the end of last year. (Colorado Sun)

• A fossil fuel executive wants to build a major liquefied natural gas export plant in Alaska using equipment from a sanctioned Russian gas project, a plan that will require special Treasury Department permission. (Semafor)

• The upheaval of oil and gas supplies from the Middle East and subsequent price spikes in the U.S. and beyond reveal the consequences of relying heavily on fossil fuels, experts say. (The Guardian)

EMISSIONS

• A coalition of environmental and public health groups sues the EPA over its repeal of stronger limits on toxic power plant emissions. (lawsuit)

• Vermont urges a judge to throw out two lawsuits challenging its law that aims to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damages. (Associated Press)

NUCLEAR

• Holtec says it’s completed another critical step as it looks to reopen Michigan’s Palisades nuclear plant. (Power Engineering)

WIND

• West Texas’ once-rapid wind power buildout falls into uncertainty as the repeal of federal tax credits slims the financial case for clean power. (Grist)