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The Billion-Dollar Deal to Build a New Coal Plant in Alaska

The Trump administration’s push for coal could lead to the first new US plant to be built since 2013.

Steam rises from a coal plant in Alabama.
Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

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By Will Wade, Jennifer A Dlouhy, Brian K Sullivan, and Fabiano Maisonnave

March 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM UTC

The last time the US fired up a new coal plant was in 2013. But a new venture could change that.

Today’s newsletter looks at the billion-dollar plan to build a new coal-fired power plant in Alaska. Plus, North America’s week of wild weather continues with a major atmospheric river plowing into British Columbia, and Brazil unveiled an updated national climate plan.