More than a half century’s worth of toxic coal ash will be excavated from the flood plain of Illinois’ only national scenic river as part of a deal announced Thursday that could establi… ...

Rep. Darin LaHood wants to address polluting coal sites after legislation dealing with hardrock mines became law. Illinois Republican Rep. Darin LaHood this week reintroduced legislation that ...

On the banks of the Illinois River, about 60 miles west of the state capital in Springfield, an old coal-fired power plant sits waiting for its future to arrive. First opened in 1948, it’s been ...

The clean coal fight continues. Today, Democrats on the House Committee on Science and Technology plan to release a report summarizing the results of their inquiry into the Bush administration’s ...