Court Strikes Down Trump Order to Keep an Aging Coal-Burning Plant Running NYT: Science By: Claire Brown and Brad Plumer 11 September 2026 at 16:35 The 64-year-old Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled. Β© JuliΓ‘n Trejo Bax/Associated PressThe J.H. Campbell coal plant in West Olive, Mich.