Worse yet, the coal ash was stored right near Lake Michigan. That same year, Flores helped push Illinois lawmakers to pass landmark coal ash regulation, which compelled managers of coal ash owners ...

WEST ALTON, Illinois — In farmland near the banks of ... in the shadow of one of its coal-fired power plants. The project, launched quietly this year at Ameren Corp.'s Sioux Energy Center ...

It looks like a postapocalyptic landscape. The people in this part of Harrisburg have disappeared, leaving their quaint, once-tidy homes behind only to be reclaimed by prairie grass and field mice.

One of the dirtiest coal plants in Illinois will close within the next three years, the latest sign that the lung-damaging, climate-changing source of electricity is on the way out in the United ...

Illinois mining companies have shed more than 1,200 jobs over the last year as strict new environmental regulations and cheap natural gas have encouraged utilities to drop their reliance on coal.

Donation Options Search Search Search Ten Illinois coal-burning electric plants boosted production in 2021 even as most of them are facing a 2030 deadline to shut down. This plant in Romeoville ...

Some concerned residents have been complaining that burning coal obviously is not going to help Illinois with its clean energy goal. They want to see the state push for energy without a heavy ...

A power producer in Illinois is pitching a first-of-its-kind plan to survive in a market that’s seen coal plants pushed offline by age, cheap gas and growing competition. Supporters are calling ...