The U.S. Coast Guard says crews are working to free a grounded 1,000-foot coal freighter blocking the outbound channel of the St. Marys River that links lakes Superior and Huron.
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.
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.
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.
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.