August 2nd, 1924
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Trump Administration Uses Emergency Power to Rescue Another Dying Fossil Fuel Plant
The Energy Department’s order “will result in American households paying even higher electricity bills,” warned one consumer advocate. Consumers are set to foot the bill after the Trump administration intervened late last week to prevent the closure of the fossil fuel-powered Eddystone Generating Station, a Pennsylvania plant owned by Constellation Energy that was set to […]
This Day in Alaska History-August 2nd, 1924
On August 2nd, 1924, a fire broke out in the power plant in Kennicott, the world’s leading producer of copper in the world. The steam-powered power plant produced electricity for the mines in the mountains, the Bonanza, Jumbo, Mother Lode, and Erie, as well as for the town that had sprung up to house and […]