A lawsuit brought by environmentalists and federal regulators has
forced a major utility to phase out coal use at six power plants in
Iowa. Activists claim these retirements bring the total number of U.S.
coal plants shut down to 200 — or 40 percent of the U.S. coal plant
fleet. On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department of Justice announced
an Iowa subsidiary of Alliant Energy agreed to pay $7.1 million in
civil penalties to environmental projects for violating the Clean Air
Act. The settlement also requires the company to stop burning coal or
shut down six power plants in Iowa and pay $620 million to upgrade the
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