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 ...

While Illinois phases out coal, clean energy jobs hold promise—both for displaced coal workers, and those harmed by the fossil fuel economy. Matt Reuscher, left, became a solar electrician after ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

When Illinois lawmakers decided last year to ban most coal-burning power plants by 2030, it was because their harmful effects were well known. The emissions they spew into the air are a leading ...