Coal

Illinois lawmakers are considering a clean energy proposal that would force almost all coal-fired plants in the state to close by 2035. The plan has environmental groups excited, but it’s also drawing concern from the municipalities that are stakeholders of plants in downstate Illinois.

Burning fossil fuels has created a massive, global problem: climate change. New research from Washington University finds these fuel sources also have serious health consequences.

Environmental advocates say water used for cooling Ameren’s Labadie Energy Center, along with toxic contaminants leaching from coal ash ponds, pose a risk to wildlife and the surrounding area.

Negotiators backed down from a plan that would have forced coal plants to close by 2035.

More than half of Illinois' 23 coal plants are closed, and five more will be shuttered this decade. Without clear rules for demolitions, activists say more environmental problems are likely to occur.

They’re worried Madison County will see a repeat of what happened in Chicago last year, when a similar demolition sent a large cloud of dust over one of the city’s neighborhoods.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has identified a new batch of lakes and streams that do not meet water quality standards.The state agency…

Missouri and Illinois are producing less carbon pollution than a decade ago but are still emitting more than many other states, according to the U.S.…

Homeowners in the metro-east who are concerned about mine subsidence can use an interactive mapping tool provided by the Illinois State Geological Survey…

Retired coal workers are no longer at risk of losing their union health insurance as the latest federal spending bill funded coverage that is no longer…