EditorialA building that former housed transformers at the Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Mass., July 7, 2022. (Simon Simard/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Joe Biden speaks about climate change and clean energy at Brayton Power Station in Somerset, Mass., on July 20, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Joe Biden before speaking about climate change and clean energy at Brayton Power Station in Somerset, Mass., on Wednesday, July, 20, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialElectrical infrastructure at the retired coal-fired power plant Brayton Point Power Station, in Somerset, Mass., July 7, 2022. (Simon Simard/The New York Times)
EditorialSilos of ash and other waste at the Brayton Point Power Station, a retired coal-fired power plant in Somerset, Mass., on July 7, 2022. (Simon Simard/The New York Times)
EditorialHazardous materials suits hang in a training center at the Brayton Fire Training Field, part of the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service center that includes Disaster City, in College Station, Texas, July 1, 2021. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialWilliam D. Brayton, James Earle McClees (American, 1821 - 1887), Julian Vannerson (American, 1827 - after 1875), Washington, District of Columbia, United States, about 1859, Salted paper print, 10.4 ? 8.8 cm (4 1/8 ? 3 7/16 in.).