Residents worry about coal dust from power plant

April 16, 2018 11:14 am Leave a comment

Residents in southeast Wisconsin are concerned about how their health is being affected by black coal dust from a nearby power plant.

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State lags in climate fight against carbon dioxide

March 21, 2017 8:16 am Leave a comment

Wisconsin has fallen behind other states in efforts to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide billowing from smokestacks at coal-burning power plants.

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PSC removed climate change language from website

January 13, 2017 4:12 pm Leave a comment

Wisconsin utility regulators removed references to climate change from their website months before state environmental officials altered global-warming language on their own site.

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Alliant to close Cassville coal plant

October 29, 2015 1:24 pm Leave a comment

Alliant Energy Corp. has announced its plan to close its coal-fired power plant in Cassville by the end of the year.

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Appeals court tosses suits challenging climate change plan

June 9, 2015 11:54 am Leave a comment

A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a pair of high-profile lawsuits challenging the Obama administration's sweeping plan to address climate change, saying it's too early to challenge a proposed rule that isn't yet final.

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Cleaner SS Badger set to sail Lake Michigan

May 13, 2015 9:27 am Leave a comment

The S.S. Badger docks June 17 in Manitowoc. A provision approved by the U.S. House would allow the nation's last coal-powered steamship to continue dumping waste ash into Lake Michigan. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

A coal-fired passenger ferry is set to return to service on Lake Michigan after undergoing a makeover to meet terms of a deal with the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Surviving Great Lakes coal-fired ship gets new lease on life

January 19, 2015 10:06 am Leave a comment

Pipes and components rest on pallets on the car deck of the SS Badger on Jan. 12. They are being installed in the ferry that runs between Ludington, Mich., and Manitowoc, Wis., to eliminate pollution caused by the dumping of coal ash into Lake Michigan from the 62-year-old ferry. Michigan. (AP Photo/Ludington Daily News, Steve Begnoche)

The last coal-fired steamship operating in U.S. waters is undergoing a makeover to meet the terms of a deal with the Environmental Protection Agency to eliminate pollution from the disposal of coal ash.

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New EPA rules treat coal ash like garbage

December 19, 2014 3:10 pm Leave a comment

Coal ash slurry lingers in a containment pond Dec. 29, 2008, near the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Harriman, Tenn., after the dyke (left) broke Dec. 22, 2008. The Obama administration was under court order to unveil the first national standards for coal ash Friday. The announcement ends a six-year effort to document coal-ash waste sites that began after the massive spill at the Tennessee power plant. (AP photo submitted by Wade Payne, Greeenpeace)

The Obama administration has set the first national standards for waste generated from coal burned for electricity, treating the leftovers more like household garbage rather than hazardous material.

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