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 ...

President Donald Trump is allowing coal-fired power plants and other facilities to bypass a range of environmental ...

In this file photo from June 10, a flume of emissions flow from a stack at the Cheswick Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, in Springdale, Pa. Earlier this month, the Trump ...

Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) ...

Re: “Trump exempts nearly 70 coal plants from Biden-era rule on mercury and other toxic air pollution,” Nation, April 15: Trump describes coal as “beautiful and clean.” “Dangerous and ...

Illinois coal plants get Trump exemptions from rule limiting mercury, air pollution. MICHAEL HAWTHORNE Chicago Tribune May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025 Updated Jun 10, 2025; 0; Facebook ...

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

In an attempt to revive the nation’s coal industry, President Donald Trump encouraged companies to apply for exemptions from the latest federal limits on soot, mercury and other air pollution.

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 ...