Washington’s biggest polluter ordered to keep burning coal by Trump administration ^71.5%

KUOW Public Radio - By John Ryan - 12/18/2025, 2:00 AM

Two weeks before Washington state’s biggest source of climate pollution was required to end its five decades of burning coal, the Trump administration has given it a new lease on life. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued an emergency order on Tuesday to force the TransAlta power plant in Centralia, required by state law to stop burning... more