The law will outlaw coal- and gas-fired electricity by 2045, but it doesn’t address the coal-mining industry. In 2020 alone, coal burning released more than 57 million tons of carbon emissions.

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.

Burning coal to create electricity will be largely banned in Illinois in 2030. But plants in Waukegan, Romeoville, elsewhere burned more in 2021 than a year before. One day, their emissions will ...

Illinois plans to go carbon-free by 2050, yet some municipalities continue to depend on coal-fired power By Tara Molina, Mikayla Price Updated on: June 10, 2024 / 5:55 PM CDT / CBS Chicago ...

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 ...

Illinois' new energy law sets end dates for fossil-fuel power plants, but fails to address the state’s biggest source of climate-changing pollution: coal mining.

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, growing competition and slack demand.

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.