Gurnee, has introduced legislation in the Illinois General Assembly to require the removal of all coal ash ponds and other ...

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to let 11 coal plants dump toxic coal ash into unlined pits until 2031 — a full ...

EPA plans to ease regulatory pressure on coal ash dumps in a bid to keep coal-fired power viable for fueling the data center ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday eased rules for handling toxic coal ash from more than 400 U.S. coal-fired power plants after utilities pushed back against regulations adopted under former ...

A recent pact between North Dakota and the Trump administration shows how coal-friendly states could enshrine lax standards and block future federal enforcement on toxic coal ash pollution. North ...

The proposal would allow 11 leaking coal ash sites, including three in Illinois and one in Indiana, to remain operating until ...

In this undated file photo, steam and pollution rise on a cold day at the Arapaho Station Coal Power Plant, a coal fired power plant along the Platte River in Littleton, just outside Denver, Colorado.

In 2022, federal officials rebuked a major coal plant next to the Ohio River for letting coal waste — in a pile so big it could fill the Dallas Cowboys' football stadium twice over — threaten ...

In 2022, federal officials rebuked a major coal plant next to the Ohio River for letting coal waste — in a pile so big it could fill the Dallas Cowboys’ football stadium twice over — threaten ...

The northwest Indiana utility NIPSCO is working to repair a seawall on the site of its Michigan City coal plant. Activists worry the wall could fail, sending coal ash into Trail Creek and Lake ...

Water quality has been a major news headline in 2025, and much attention was paid to the cause of nitrates in central Iowa water. However, a little farther south, equally concerning water quality ...

Our nation’s coal-fired power plants produce 140 million tons of coal ash every year, making it the second-largest industrial waste stream in the country. Across the country, billions of tons of coal ...