/tags/coal Coal en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:12:28 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-12-04/granite-city-plant-could-be-responsible-for-6-to-11-premature-deaths-annually-report-finds Industrious Labs, a Washington D.C.-based climate advocacy nonprofit, found that SunCoke Energy’s Metro East facility, located adjacent to Granite City Works, could be responsible for $87 million to $161 million in total health costs every year. Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:12:28 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-12-04/granite-city-plant-could-be-responsible-for-6-to-11-premature-deaths-annually-report-finds Will Bauer /health-science-environment/2024-10-14/ameren-missouris-rush-island-coal-plant-close-litigation The Environmental Protection Agency estimates Rush Island released 275,000 tons of sulfur dioxide after it was updated without required pollution controls in 2007 and 2010. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-10-14/ameren-missouris-rush-island-coal-plant-close-litigation Allison Kite /health-science-environment/2024-04-25/coal-and-new-gas-power-plants-will-have-to-meet-climate-pollution-targets Fifteen years after the EPA said greenhouse gasses are dangerous to public health, the agency finalized rules to limit climate-warming pollution from existing coal and new gas power plants. Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:28:46 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-04-25/coal-and-new-gas-power-plants-will-have-to-meet-climate-pollution-targets Jeff Brady /economy-business/2023-10-12/energy-transition-grants-help-metro-east-communities-cope-with-closure-of-mines-plants With the passage of Illinois' Climate and Equitable Jobs Act back in 2021, coal mines and plants will slowly close across the state. The state grant program will provide $3.28 million to various Metro East communities whose coal facilities will close. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:04:16 GMT /economy-business/2023-10-12/energy-transition-grants-help-metro-east-communities-cope-with-closure-of-mines-plants Kelly Smits /government-politics-issues/2023-04-25/controversial-carbon-capture-stirs-attention-of-illinois-lawmakers-environmentalists As Illinois considers ways to achieve its goal of relying entirely on clean energy by 2050, one technology that has courted controversy is carbon capture. Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:37:31 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-04-25/controversial-carbon-capture-stirs-attention-of-illinois-lawmakers-environmentalists Andrew Adams /health-science-environment/2022-06-29/ameren-looks-to-solar-and-gas-powered-plants-for-new-energy-sources Ameren Missouri plans to buy a solar power plant in Bowling Green, Missouri, that could produce energy by 2024. The announcement comes days after it shared plans to open a natural gas plant. Both facilities need approval from Missouri’s Public Service Commission. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:16:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-06-29/ameren-looks-to-solar-and-gas-powered-plants-for-new-energy-sources Chad Davis /health-science-environment/2022-05-24/missouri-environmental-groups-criticize-proposed-discharge-permits-for-power-plants Missouri environmental groups are decrying proposed state rules that would allow power plants to discharge contaminants like coal ash into groundwater through a general permit for multiple facilities. Power plants currently have individual, site-specific permits. Wed, 25 May 2022 00:38:36 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-05-24/missouri-environmental-groups-criticize-proposed-discharge-permits-for-power-plants Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2022-01-14/missouri-regulators-explicitly-allow-coal-ash-pollution-at-st-louis-area-power-plant The coal ash basins at Labadie Energy Center contain 15 million cubic yards of waste, the largest volume of Ameren’s four coal-fired power plants in Missouri. Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:10:07 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-01-14/missouri-regulators-explicitly-allow-coal-ash-pollution-at-st-louis-area-power-plant Shahla Farzan /health-science-environment/2022-01-13/epa-denies-extension-for-ameren-to-stop-dumping-coal-ash-gypsum-at-two-power-plants The move was part of a series of steps the agency said it would take to protect communities from harmful coal ash contamination. Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:08:44 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-01-13/epa-denies-extension-for-ameren-to-stop-dumping-coal-ash-gypsum-at-two-power-plants Allison Kite /health-science-environment/2021-12-14/ameren-fast-tracks-closure-of-rush-island-coal-plant Ameren Missouri announced it will close its Rush Island coal plant in Festus over the next few years Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:59:55 GMT /health-science-environment/2021-12-14/ameren-fast-tracks-closure-of-rush-island-coal-plant Chad Davis