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The company that plans to convert the E.D. Edwards coal plant in Bartonville into a battery-storage facility will receive over $40 million in state grants as an incentive to do so.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is seeking to overhaul regulations on the last of the state's coal-fired power plants.The proposed amendments to the state…

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A federal judge has ruled a coal fired energy plant outside Peoria has allowed too much soot to be emitted from its smoke stacks.U.S.…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The nuclear, coal and renewable-energy industries find themselves vying for the attention of Illinois lawmakers this legislative…

Members of the Central Illinois Healthy Community Alliance and Illinois People’s Action are renewing their call for environmental justice and a transition…

Downstate legislators are banding together in an effort to revive the market for Illinois coal. It comes as the renewable and nuclear industries are…

A Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate is taking issue with the president's Clean Power Plan. AndreaZopp is not a global warming denier."Look, climate…

MARION, Ill. (AP) - A 20-year-old man has died in an underground mining accident in Franklin County.Tyler D. Rath was killed in the accident late Tuesday…

A coalition of lawmakers from downstate Illinois say they plan to introduce legislation to spur growth in the state's coal industry. They say their plan…

As Democrats in coal states rush to distance themselves from new federal regulations intended to address global warming -- Senator Dick Durbin says…