Environmental groups, AG Weiser challenge Trump order to keep Colorado coal plant open

By: Chase Woodruff

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: January 29, 2026

Words: 620

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago


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A coalition of environmental groups and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed separate petitions with the Department of Energy Wednesday, challenging an “emergency” order to extend the operation of a northwest Colorado coal plant scheduled to be retired last month.

Located in Moffat County, Craig Generating Station’s 446-megawatt Unit 1 had been scheduled to go offline Dec. 31. But the emergency federal order, issued just one day before the planned closure, required the plant …

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