Illinois Can’t Afford to Wait: Demand Action on the CRGA Act Today
September 17th, 2025 | Action Alert
This summer, President Trump and Congress rolled back key parts of the Inflation Reduction Act – these setbacks are already threatening our country’s progress on climate change…
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Prairie Rivers Network and Friends Celebrate Protection of Mahomet Aquifer, Thank Legislators
September 12th, 2025 | Press Release
Prairie Rivers Network gathered community members, legislators, and other partners together September 9, 2025 for an early-evening event at Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery in Champaign, IL…
Trump’s Budget Bill Strikes a Blow to Clean Energy and Climate Progress; But Here’s What Communities in Illinois Can Still Do
September 8th, 2025 | Blog Post
This is part two of a two-part blog series. Here, we discuss the impacts to the solar tax credit that businesses, municipalities, and schools can take advantage of. Part one reviewed changes to the residential solar tax credit for homeowners…
How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Reshape Residential Solar in Illinois: What Homeowners and Policy Makers Should Do Now
September 8th, 2025 | Blog Post
This is part one of a two-part blog series. Part one discusses the residential solar tax credit for homeowners. Part two details impacts to the solar tax credit for businesses, municipalities, and schools…
Energy Democracy in Action: Inside a Rural Co-op Election
September 4, 2025 | Blog Post
Voting for the board of your local electric cooperative is a social affair, where voting is performed in-person at the co-op’s annual meeting…
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Dicamba Damages More Than Weeds — Tell USEPA to Say No
August 27, 2025 | Action Alert
Tell USEPA to not register the new formulations of dicamba! Submit your public comment before September 6th.
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Stop the EPA’s Dangerous Rollback on Climate Protections!
August 4, 2025 | Action Alert
Tell the USEPA not to repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding!
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August 7th Deadline to Submit Comment to USEPA to Protect Climate Pollution Standards for Power Plants
August 4, 2025 | Action Alert
The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is accepting public comments on a dangerous proposal to eliminate all limits on climate pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants…
A win for water! Governor Pritzker signs Mahomet Aquifer protection bill.
August 1, 2025 | Blog Post
Today, Governor Pritzker has signed SB1723, the bill to protect the Mahomet Aquifer from carbon sequestration into law.
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Using the creative power of science, law, and collective action, we protect and restore our rivers, return healthy soils and diverse wildlife to our lands, and transform how we care for the earth and for each other.
Planet Earth is in a state of crisis in its ability to sustain human flourishing and the full diversity of life. Over the past several years, there has been an unprecedented war on environmental protection at the federal level. Meanwhile, Illinois agencies charged with protecting land, waters, and wildlife have suffered major declines in budget, staff, and effectiveness. PRN’s mission and programs confront many of the root causes of environmental degradation in our state while addressing the sources and impacts of climate change.