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

The president gave roughly 100 chemical plants, ore processors and other facilities two more years to comply with recently ...

As coal plant pollution seeps into Illinois’ only national scenic ... the ash pits are exempt from federal regulations enacted by the Obama administration in 2015 in response to the Tennessee ...

If the Prairie State coal plant owned by municipal utilities in Winnetka, Naperville, Batavia and other towns is forced to shut down, it would be the end for a big source of air pollution.

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 ...

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 burner, built ...