Illinois passed a law to clean up coal ash 5 years ago. What’s taking so long? In one Chicago suburb, people have been waiting for relief for years.

PLAINFIELD, Ill. (CBS) -- Illinois plans to be running on 100% clean, carbon-free energy by 2050 – but some Chicago suburbs, among them Naperville and St. Charles, are considering increasing ...

LITTLE ROCK — With maps of 675 square miles of his Illinois mines before him, Chris Cline recalls the moment he knew the coal in those mines would be worth billions of dollars.

Kincaid Generation coal-fired power station in Pawnee, Illinois, on May 8, 2025. In an attempt to revive the nation’s dwindling coal industry, President Donald Trump threw a lifeline to a few ...

A seam of coal is illuminated by headlights at Foresight Energy LLC's Sugar Camp coal mine in Benton, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, June 21, 2010.

For the most part, Illinois Power supplied the city with gas and Union Electric took care it its electric needs. In both cases, Southern Illinois coal was the source of the fuel that was used.

In Illinois and around the Midwest, coal and gas plants are extending their planned retirement dates even after a 2021 state law aimed to phase them out. Meanwhile, solar and wind projects are ...

Murray Energy Corp., a privately held Ohio-based company, alleges in a lawsuit Saline County, Illinois, that Williamson Energy LLC breached terms of a confidentiality agreement in 2008 when Murray ...

ELKHART — Coal has loomed large throughout Illinois’ history nearly from the very beginning, and continues to provide the fuel for nearly half of Illinois’ electricity. Despite that, in the ...