-
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.
-
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.
-
Peabody Energy has three coal mines in southern Illinois, all of which are still producing coal. When those mines eventually shut down, the company is...
-
Bob Sandidge has been in the coal industry for 40 years. But he's never seen it this bad. "You turn around and one company lays off people, and another…
-
Clayton Daughenbaugh has lived in the Chicago area since 1985. But he’s heavily involved in preserving a wilderness area in southern Utah.“If you wanted…
-
The Department of Energy said it has suspended the long-planned FutureGen “clean-coal” project in western Illinois.DOE spokesman Bill Gibbons told The…
-
The Sierra Club is appealing an Illinois regulatory agency’s conclusion that the pollution controls for the FutureGen project are adequate.The Sierra Club…
-
Corporations and mainstream media often repeat the “jobs vs. the environment” angle to situations, but that’s a false choice. Instead, the discussion…
-
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources denied Springfield Coal Company’s application to renew its surface coal mining permit at the Industry…
-
Groups such as the Sierra Club of Illinois feel the state has plenty of regulations for coal mining, but enforcement of rules has been lax.Sue Smith, a…