Many power plants benefiting from exemptions rank among the nation’s worst polluters. The Trump administration says cheaper energy is the goal.

Extreme heat is making air pollution worse, scientists say. And President Trump’s regulatory rollbacks could drive air ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic ...

Goree, 72, lives in Beckville, a town of fewer than 800 people, just miles from the Martin Lake coal plant, a 2.4-gigawatt facility that has loomed over the region since the late 1970s.

Chad Schlichtemeier, of DEQ's Air Quality Division, ... Sinclair Oil Corp. recently entered a long-term contract to market "ultra-low-sulfur" diesel fuel derived from the coal-to-liquids plant.

All told the 69 coal plants Trump exempted from the Mercury and Air Toxics Rule emitted 2,650 pounds of mercury into the atmosphere in 2023, the last year for which federal records are available.

“We get that long range transport from the Midwest and Western states and even Texas,” he said. “Then that combines with vehicular pollution coming up the I-95 corridor, and it all comes to ...

Two Ameren coal plants in the St. Louis region are receiving an air pollution exemption from President Donald Trump's administration. The Labadie Energy Center in Labadie and the Sioux Energy ...

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The proposed rollback of emissions regulations is part of the Trump administration's efforts to repeal rules that aim to ...

Pramono Anung emphasized that power plants and industries must reduce their reliance on high-sulfur fuel to tackle Jakarta's ...

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.