Senator Dick Durbin came to the rescue of Illinois’ residents when he worked to pull a dangerous provision out of the federal transportation bill that would have allowed the continued dumping of coal ash.
In this Letter to the Editor, Traci Barkley, Water Resources Scientist at Prairie Rivers Network, applauds Senator Durbin and asks him to take the next step to push for federal coal ash protections.
Read the LTE (pdf form) that was published in the News-Gazette on July 16, 2012.
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