Nessel, others call attention to coal-fired JH Campbell power plant in Kalamazoo appearance

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Environmentalists with a message came to Kalamazoo to talk about air pollution, not knowing it would be the day the state set a record for smokey air.

With a grey haze hanging heavy on the steps of Kalamazoo City Hall Thursday afternoon, Attorney General Dana Nessel expressed her frustration with the Trump administration for keeping open Consumers Energy’s JH Campbell power plant, north of Holland, just because it burns coal.

She says it costs Consumers customers $615,000 a day to keep the old plant operating, despite a scheduled closure over a year ago…

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