A 750-yard circle of Lake Erie is now off-limits around a power plant

The US Coast Guard has created a temporary safety zone around the Avon Lake Power Plant in Ohio. No vessels or people can enter this 750-yard radius on Lake Erie without special permission.

This small, temporary restriction on Lake Erie signals the start of demolition at a major power plant. The plant, which once provided electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes, is being dismantled. This is a physical marker of the ongoing shift away from older, fossil-fuel-fired power generation in the US.