The Lansing Board of Water and Light says it’s cleaning up coal ash contamination at the Erickson Power Station, but residents and advocates question whether the process is moving fast enough as federal protections are delayed.

On a visit to Louisville, the EPA said it is repealing Biden-era regulations on mercury, soot and other harmful pollutants from coal power plants.

The EPA Friday repealed standards for limiting toxic mercury, arsenic and lead that come out of power plants. The Colstrip power plant in Montana is one of the highest emitters of these cancer-causing chemicals.

The measure renews Maine's membership in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative which forces power generators to pay for climate-warming emissions.

The expansion could add millions of tons of carbon pollution annually while polluting the air near vulnerable communities and ecosystems.

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to scale back limits on toxic emissions from coal-burning power plants, clearing the way for them to emit more hazardous pollutants, such as mercury. Advocates are warning that rolling back limits could harm human health and drive up health care costs.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its data centers with unpermitted gas turbines, according to a Floodlight visual investigation. Thermal drone footage shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven,