Large coal companies, miners, and tribes are suing to keep the giant Navajo Generating Station coal plant in Arizona from closing, while saying Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke needs to do more to save it.

Part of the reason the groups filed the lawsuit in Arizona’s federal district court on Tuesday is to coax the Interior Department, which owns a 25 percent stake in the plant, to come to its defense and keep it open.

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