REPORT: “DIRTY DOZEN” IN ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION BLOCKING PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AGAINST “GRIM” TOXIC COAL ASH DUMP SITE POLLUTION ACROSS STATE EIP and PRN “Name Names” of 12 Illinois U.S. Representatives Siding With Coal Industry Over Constituents Impacted by 22 Coal Ash Pollution Sites – 2nd Largest Concentration in the U.S. CHICAGO, IL.///August 17, […]
Illinois at Risk from Coal Ash Pollution
New Report Released Today Listen to audio of the press conference. In a new report released today titled “Illinois at Risk: Lax Safeguards and No Enforcement Endanger the Water, Air & Lives of Residents Near State’s Numerous Coal Ash Dumps” Prairie Rivers Network and the Environmental Integrity Project document new groundwater data and profiles of […]
Rally Against Coal Ash Pollution in Joliet–August 17
Bag It – Is your life too plastic?
Prairie Rivers Network invites all of our members and friends to a special showing of Bag It. Bag It started as a documentary about plastic bags and evolved into a wholesale investigation into plastics and their effect on our waterways, oceans, and even our bodies. Prairie Rivers Network would like to give a very special thanks […]
Calling for River Steward Award Nominations
Do you know a volunteer who is working hard to protect the state’s rivers and streams? Kathy Andria Accepting 2010 River Steward Award Help celebrate and elevate their important work by nominating them for our 7th annual River Steward Award. Deadline is September 9, 2011. It is time once again to celebrate and elevate the […]