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Environmental groups predict the state’s power plants will argue for delaying proposed pollution standards at a hearing Monday in Chicago.The goal of the…
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The Obama administration on Monday unveiled a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030.SIU Coal Research Center…
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The sale of five Illinois coal-fueled electricity plants from Ameren to Texas-based Dynegy hinges on an Illinois Pollution Control Board decision to…
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The United Mine Workers of America and Patriot Coal Company say they have reached a potential settlement over the severity of wage and benefits cuts a…
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Southern Illinois authorities say a 35-year-old coal miner died after an accident at the Wildcat Hills Mine in Saline County.The Peabody Energy mine is…
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More than a thousand United Mine Workers of America members were back in St. Louis Monday, the latest in a series of protests against Peabody Energy and…
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A federal bankruptcy judge in St. Louis ruled Wednesday that Patriot Coal can break its union contract with thousands of retired coal miners in southern…
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State auditors say the Illinois Department of Natural Resources didn't employ enough mine-safety inspectors the past two years to comply with state law.An…
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Dominion Energy will pay a $3.4 million penalty to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at coal-fired power plants in Illinois, Indiana and…
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One of the nation's biggest coal producers says federal security regulators are investigating the company's role in development of a southwestern Illinois…