A decade-old plan to build a new power plant in northern Minnesota is coming back before the state’s Public Utilities Commission next week – but in a smaller form and with a different energy source.

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One man is dead and another critically hurt after being burned by fly ash at a mill in Tomahawk.

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A massive project to remove decades-old radioactive waste from a western Wisconsin power plant is finally under way following five years of planning.

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The U.S Senate's top Republican called again Wednesday for the Environmental Protection Agency to back off from "heavy-handed" regulations that he said were costing jobs in the private sector.

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America is shoveling coal to the sidelines.

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Power plant equipment maker Babcock & Wilcox Co. said on Monday that it has gotten a $150 million contract to design, supply, and build environmental equipment for a coal-fired power plant in Pardeeville, Wis.

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The Obama administration forged ahead on Tuesday with the first-ever limits on heat-trapping pollution from new power plants, ignoring protests from industry and Republicans who have said the regulation will raise electricity prices and kill off coal, the dominant U.S. energy source.

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Developers of a coal-to-liquid fuel factory proposed for western North Dakota have been granted a fourth extension of state aid to study the project.

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The Dairyland Power Cooperative says it will close three aging coal-burning units at its plant in western Wisconsin.

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LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — A coal-burning Lake Michigan ferryboat could become a demonstration vessel for a pilot study on the use of alternative fuels on the Great Lakes. The Ludington Daily News reported Saturday that the SS Badger is being ...

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