Companies and regulators are not doing enough to protect water quality in and around Ottumwa, writes Connie Hammersley-Wilson.

Data centers’ hunger for electricity is prompting some states to keep their coal-burning power plants from closing — while DC ...

A recent pact between North Dakota and the Trump administration shows how coal-friendly states could enshrine lax standards and block future federal enforcement on toxic coal ash pollution. North ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA proposes delaying coal ash rule retirements The Trump ...

Duke Energy and other utilities sent EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin a letter asking the agency to roll back pollution regulations despite pending litigation. The letter addresses two sets of rules. One ...

Waukegan residents got an early Christmas present — the possibility of getting rid of coal leftovers in their yule stockings. In a terse message, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week companies have ...

North Carolina environmental officials said Tuesday that they are fining Duke Energy $25 million over pollution that has been seeping into groundwater for years from a pair of coal ash pits at a ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is taking advantage of the pro-coal policies of the Trump administration to save money and review plans for its last few coal-fired plants, which generate around 13% of ...

Connie Hammersley-Wilson lives in Wapello County. Water quality has been a major news headline this year, and much attention was paid to the cause of nitrates in central Iowa water. However, a little ...

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WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon readers – we are halfway through the week! Up on Capitol Hill, the Environmental Protection Agency has been awarded a big win from the Supreme Court over the ...

A Montana conservation group is urging the state to hold Colstrip power plant ash pond cleanup to the highest possible standard, a move it says would keep 218 workers employed for a decade. Drawing on ...