Remember the last war for oil, when the statue of Saddam came down in Baghdad?
The American media was euphoric.
Shortly after, the wheels started coming off.
I’m getting vibes like that right now.
We broke it. We bought it.
It’s happened in Michigan, Indiana and Pennsylvania, now Colorado.
Aging, obsolete, polluting and expensive – coal plants that markets have abandoned are being mandated to run by the “free market” whiz kids in Trump’s energy department.
Captive ratepayers money being siphoned to the pockets of coal baron donors and cronies.
The U.S. Department of Energy issued an emergency order late Tuesday to keep an aging Colorado coal plant open, just one day before it was slated to close.
The plant — Unit 1, part of Craig Station, in Moffat County — is now required to keep running until March 30, 2026. The order can also be extended.
The move drew a furious response from the governor’s office and environmental groups, who contest whether an emergency even exists that would require the plant to stay open.
Governor Polis said the order would lead to a huge spike in costs to repair the plant, which may be borne by customers of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a cooperative operating the plant to deliver electricity to rural communities in Nebraska, New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado.
“This order will pass tens of millions in costs to Colorado ratepayers, in order to keep a coal plant open that is broken and not needed,” Polis said in a statement.
“Ludicrously, the coal plant isn’t even operational right now, meaning repairs — to the tune of millions of dollars — just to get it running, all on the backs of rural Colorado ratepayers!”
CPR could not immediately confirm whether the plant is broken. Tri-State, which operates the plant but co-owns it with other utility companies, did not immediately return a request for comment.
Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright invoked Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act to keep the plant open. The law allows the federal government to order power plants to stay open during emergencies — like during times of war, in the aftermath of disasters or when there’s a shortage of electricity.
But this year, the Trump administration has repeatedly used the law to keep the lights on at plants in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana and other states.
Continue reading “Another Coal Plant Kept Open on Backs of Rate Payers”Elon Musk and others are clamoring for young people to start having more babies – but they are working against programs that support the child care, housing, and health care that families need to consider a child.
Climate change, according to the report above, is very much a factor, but economic fears are the leading barriers for young people starting a family.
MAGA on fire.
Musk locked in – can’t get out.
Happy New Year.
Tesla vehicle sales declined for a second consecutive year in 2025, hitting their lowest point since 2022.
Why it matters: Tesla vehicle sales are critical to funding CEO Elon Musk’s AI ambitions, including humanoid robots and self-driving cars.
Driving the news: The company on Friday reported a 8.6% drop in deliveries — a close approximation to sales — to 1.64 million for the year.
The big picture: The company suffered a backlash to Elon Musk’s political activity in early 2025 and the end of the federal EV tax credit later in the year.
