In Illinois and the rest of the country, extreme heat, flooding and tornadoes have accelerated with climate change. Critics vow to sue.

Federal regulators have allowed the owners of the dormant plant to bring nuclear fuel back into the facility, a key step toward its reopening.

More than 300 bills moving through US state legislatures concern nuclear energy, marking a pivotal shift in policy support for new nuclear.

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Sites including at least 15 coal plants sought exemptions from environmental rules using a new Trump administration system to fast-track requests, documents show.

The administration must decide this month whether to again use emergency powers to keep open a coal plant near Grand Rapids.

Those email exemptions were part of a broader wave of more than 100 granted so far by the Trump administration to facilities across the country.

Environmental groups have escalated their fight against the U.S. Department of Energy's order requiring Consumers Energy to extend the life of the coal-fired J.H. Campbell power plant in west ...

The EPA extended coal ash cleanup deadlines, drawing criticism as Georgia works to close ash ponds amid local health concerns.

U.S. coal-fired power plants are expected to remain well stocked through the end of 2026, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday in its latest short-term energy outlook.

The coal-fired power plant is part of a plan for the power company to meet Kentucky's growing energy needs.

President Donald Trump has granted Eastman Chemical Co. a two-year exemption from an environmental regulation requiring companies to reduce their carcinogenic emissions. Activists say the ...