Prairie State Generating Station

Illinois plans to go carbon-free by 2050, yet some municipalities continue to depend on coal-fired power

Illinois plans to be running on 100% clean, carbon-free energy by 2050 – but some Chicago suburbs, among them Naperville and St. Charles, are considering...

Naperville, St. Charles, Winnetka and dozens of other communities urged to double down on coal

Three Chicago suburbs and more than two dozen other Illinois communities are mulling plans to double down on lung-damaging, climate-changing coal.

Biden administration aims to speed up the demise of coal-fired power plants

New regulations require coal-fired power plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 90% and clamp down on toxic metals dumped into lakes...

New law sets end dates for fossil-fuel power plants, but Illinois coal mining remains a huge contributor to climate-changing pollution

Gov. J.B. Pritzker vows Illinois will help stop — and even reverse — climate change with a new state law that outlaws coal- and gas-fired...