The Tennessee Valley Authority will retire the Kingston Fossil Plant – once the largest coal plant in the world and the site of a major coal ash disaster – and replace it with a cleaner energy mix anchored by a 1,500-megawatt natural gas plant by 2027. TVA CEO and President Jeff Lyash made the decision […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. Environmental and public health groups hailed the new Environmental Protection Agency rule finalized Wednesday as a major step in improving […]