Others benefiting from Trump’s exemptions include NRG’s Powerton coal plant near Pekin in Tazewell County, scheduled to close in 2028, and several owned by Southern Company and the Tennessee ...

Environmental groups are suing to overturn President Donald Trump’s decision to give almost 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption on compliance with strengthened EPA air toxics ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — A coalition of environmental groups sued the Trump administration Thursday to block an effort to roll back Biden-era mercury and other toxic air pollution regulations on 68 ...

Cleco and Entergy officials said their plants receiving the exemptions will stop using coal within five years: by October 2028 for Cleco's unit in the Brame Energy Center and by 2030 for all of ...

Why LG&E/KU and Duke Energy didn’t ask to exempt Ky. plants LG&E and KU run coal plants in Mercer, Carroll, Jefferson and Trimble counties. Spokesperson Chris Whelan confirmed they didn’t ...

Illinois coal plants get Trump exemptions from Biden-era rule limiting mercury, other toxic air pollution Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune May 26, 2025 1 of 2 Buy Now ...

CHICAGO — For nearly four decades, owners of the Baldwin power plant in southern Illinois managed to avoid the most stringent requirements of the federal Clean Air Act. The gargantuan coal ...