Of all fossil fuels, coal emits the most carbon dioxide per unit of energy, and burning it releases deadly pollutants into ...

Soot emissions from power plants rose nearly 20 percent above average when enforcement stalled during the shutdown seven years ago. During the last government shutdown, air pollution from coal plants ...

The federal Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for coal and oil-fired power plants were strengthened during the Biden administration.

The Trump administration handed out expansive, illegal Clean Air Act exemptions allowing coal plants to ignore essential limits on hazardous air pollutants ...

Last week, the Trump administration said it is loosening restrictions on air toxins from mercury, lead, and other heavy metals that are released by coal plants. Such pollution is known to be ...

Mercury pollution from coal plants has been tied to serious neurological problems, especially in children and babies ...

The U.S. EPA repealed a set of rules for coal-fired power plants that advocates say will hurt Hoosier health and Indiana's ...

The Trump administration is allowing coal plants to release more pollution at a time when utilities across the country are opting to save their aging coal facilities from retirement so they can power ...

When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month. Those workers had to stop their work of monitoring ...

The Trump administration on Friday loosened restrictions on toxic power plant pollution, including releases of neurotoxins mercury and lead. On Friday, it revoked portions of Biden-era standards that ...