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A demolition crew member removes metalwork scraps at a former coal-fired power plant, which the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. opened in 1926 and which shut down in 2022, on the shores of Lake Erie in Avon Lake, Ohio, Sept. 27, 2023. By tapping into state and federal subsidies and using a legal maneuver to shift environmental liability, developers seek to turn decayed power plants once considered community albatrosses into potential assets for economic growth. (Daniel Lozada/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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