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 ...

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 ...

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 will take another step away from coal by the end of the year when a Texas company shutters four downstate power plants that burn the lung-damaging, climate-changing fossil fuel.

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 ...

A new report says groundwater near power plants across Illinois is being contaminated by a toxic byproduct called coal ash. The ash, which contains a long list of toxic metals, is left behind ...

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 ...

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 ...

The coal just sat there on the surface like low-hanging fruit near Utica along the Illinois River. The first mine appeared near Peoria not long after, but it wasn’t until 1830, when coal from ...