coal power plants

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is asking a federal court to block the planned 2028 retirement of a coal-fired unit at the Rockport power plant, days after Gov. Mike Braun ordered a statewide review of coal plant closures.

Indiana coal plants discharging wastewater into rivers under state permits are under renewed scrutiny after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency delayed tougher pollution rules by five years.

Federal officials ordered a temporary halt to planned shutdowns of two coal-burning Indiana power plants.