Coal power plants must reduce pollution under new federal rulesThe rules will require coal-fueled plants, including Texas plants that produced about 12% of power on the stateโs grid this year, to reduce carbon emissions and mercury pollution and handle disposed coal ash more safely.
In trying to close its coal power plant, Austin encounters obstacles to going greenThe city approved a plan in 2020 to shut the Fayette Power Project plant with the aim of eliminating carbon emissions. But political, economic and technological forces have gotten in the way.
At a shuttered Texas coal mine, a 1-acre garden is helping feed 2,000 people per monthThe garden in the middle of a 35,000-acre former mine is supplying thousands of pounds of fresh produce to families in three counties that have few grocery stores.