(Scott Bertam, Illinois News Network. Please click on the link above for the full story. Here is an excerpt below.)
Illinois coal producers are breathing a sigh of relief following the announcement of the Trump administration’s planned rollback of the Clean Power Plan.
The Obama-era rules were an effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired plants. Legal challenges have prevented the regulations from ever actually taking effect.
“The Clean Power Plan going away means that power plants that could not comply with the air emissions limits are going to be kept online,” said Phil Gonet, president of the Illinois Coal Association. “We’ll be able to provide them with coal to provide reliable energy.”
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