Join us at EarthShare of Illinois’ Second Annual ReVamped Eco-Fashion Show When: Friday, May 20, from 7:00 – 11:00 pm, Where: Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago. EarthShare of Illinois is a nonprofit representing environmental groups in Illinois through its workplace-giving program. In supporting ReVamped you are supporting Prairie Rivers Network’s efforts to ensure clean water and healthy […]
Making Room for Rivers
Some thoughts on blasting a levee to restore a floodplain On May 2, 2011, websites and newspapers across the nation featured the image of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ blasting a levee to activate the Mississippi River’s New Madrid Floodway, located between the borders of southern Illinois and Missouri. Against the night sky, the […]
Press Release: Groups Sue to Stop Chicago Water Regulators from Polluting the Chicago River
Serial Spillers: Groups Sue to Stop Chicago Water Regulators from Polluting the Chicago River MWRD’s illegal sewage discharges mucking waterways from Chicago to Gulf of Mexico CHICAGO (May 3, 2011) – A coalition of conservation groups have sued to stop the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) from dumping raw sewage mixed with stormwater, as well […]
Press Release–Federal Agencies Attempt to Clear Up Clean Water Act Uncertainty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27, 2011 Implications for Illinois waterways not yet known Yesterday the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) released draft guidance to provide clarification about which water bodies are subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act. The two agencies worked together to develop the […]
Local Citizens Speak Out Against Coal Pollution
Attendance was high at the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s public hearing April 12th on the proposed renewal of the Industry Mine’s National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water discharge permit. With over 40 people in attendance and more than a dozen taking the stand to provide comments, the message to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) was […]